''Udea pyranthes'' is a moth of the family Crambidae. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of

Kauai Kauai, () anglicized as Kauai ( ), is geologically the second-oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands (after Niʻihau). With an area of 562.3 square miles (1,456.4 km2), it is the fourth-largest of these islands and the 21st largest island ...

, Oahu,

Molokai Molokai , or Molokai (), is the fifth most populated of the eight major islands that make up the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaiian Islands archipelago in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It is 38 by 10 miles (61 by 16 km) at its greatest length an ...

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 ...

and Hawaii. The larvae feed on '' Vactinium calycinum'', '' Vactinium penduliflorum'' and ''Vactinium penduliflorum gemmaceum''. The caterpillar has a pale brown head checkered with darker brown.

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* Moths described in 1899 Endemic moths of Hawaii pyranthes {{Udea-stub