''Mestolobes pessias'' 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 Crambidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1899. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of

Maui The island of Maui (; Hawaiian: ) is the second-largest of the islands of the state of Hawaii at 727.2 square miles (1,883 km2) and is the 17th largest island in the United States. Maui is the largest of Maui County's four islands, which ...

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* Crambinae Moths described in 1899 Taxa named by Edward Meyrick Endemic moths of Hawaii {{Crambinae-stub