Kauaiina molokaiensis is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Jules C. E. Riotte in 1979.[1] It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Molokai, where it was at an altitude of 1,290 meters above Puu Kolekole.

Kauaiina molokaiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Kauaiina
Species:
K. molokaiensis
Binomial name
Kauaiina molokaiensis
Riotte, 1979

The wingspan is about 31 mm for males and 36 mm for females. Males are dark wine red and females are clay brown.

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Kauaiina molokaiensis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2019.