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

Kauaiina alakaii is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Jules C. E. Riotte in 1979.[1] It is endemic to the eastern part of the Hawaiian island of Kauai, where it was collected in the Alakai Swamp, after which it is named.

References

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


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