''Omiodes anastreptoides'' 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. It was described by Otto Herman Swezey in 1913 and is endemic to the island of

Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat ...

. It was first cited as possibly extinct in 1994 by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. It was listed as extinct by the Hawaiʻi Biological Survey in 2002, but was rediscovered in 2003. The larvae feed on '' Carex wahuensis''. They feed in spun together leaves of their host plant. Full-grown larvae are 20–25 mm long and grass green. The pupa is 11–12 mm long and brownish. The pupal period lasts 12–13 days.

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Rediscovery of five species of ''Omiodes'' Guenée (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) on Hawaiʻi Island
anastreptoides Endemic moths of Hawaii Moths described in 1913 {{Omiodes-stub