Mestolobes pyropa is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1899. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Oahu and Molokai.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Mestolobes |
| Species: | M. pyropa
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| Binomial name | |
| Mestolobes pyropa (Meyrick, 1899)
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The larvae feed on Peperornia species, including Peperomia pachyphylla. It is thought they mine the leaves of their host plant.
Adults have been taken at flowers of Hoya species.
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- Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 8 Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea. University of Hawaii Press. hdl:10125/7337.
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