''Batrachedrodes supercincta'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family

Momphidae The Momphidae, or mompha moths, is a family of moths with some 115 described species. It was described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1857. These moths tend to be rather small with a wingspan of up to 21 mm. The wings are he ...

. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Maui. The larvae probably feed on a fern species.

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* Momphidae Endemic moths of Hawaii Moths described in 1907 {{Momphidae-stub