''Cydia plicatum'' 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 ...

of the family

Tortricidae The Tortricidae are a family of moths, commonly known as tortrix moths or leafroller moths, in the order Lepidoptera. This large family has over 11,000 species described, and is the sole member of the superfamily Tortricoidea, although the gen ...

. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Maui and

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 ...

. The larvae feed on the seeds of ''

Sophora chrysophylla ''Sophora chrysophylla'', known as ''māmane'' in Hawaiian, is a species of flowering plant in the pea and bean family, Fabaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. It is highly polymorphic, growing as a shrub or tree, and able to reach a height of ...

''. The enigmatic moth described as '' Cydia obliqua'' might simply be a variant of ''C. plicata''; the same applies to the even rarer (and feared extinct) '' C. storeella''.

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Grapholitini Endemic moths of Hawaii Moths described in 1907 {{Olethreutinae-stub