Progonostola cremnopis is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1899. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Kauai, Oahu, Molokai and Hawaii.
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| Species: | P. cremnopis
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| Progonostola cremnopis Meyrick, 1899
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The description of Robert Cyril Layton Perkins (1913) reads: "Near Honolulu it may be found resting on tree-trunks or the stems of tree-ferns on Mt. Tantalus, and on the decomposed lava of steep cliffs at Nuuanu Pali."
External links
edit- Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 7 Macrolepidoptera. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7336.
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