Mestolobes xanthoscia is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1899. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Oahu, Molokai and Hawaii.
| Mestolobes xanthoscia | |
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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. xanthoscia
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| Binomial name | |
| Mestolobes xanthoscia Meyrick, 1899
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Adults have been seen visiting the flowers of Metrosideros 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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