Laysan hedyleptan moth

The Laysan hedyleptan moth (Omiodes laysanensis), sometimes also known as the Laysan leafroller moth, is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is endemic to Laysan in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. It was described by American entomologist Otto Herman Swezey in 1914 based on three specimens collected from Laysan in 1912, but has not been recorded since, and may be extinct.^[1][2][3]

Laysan hedyleptan moth
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Possibly Extinct  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Omiodes
Species:	O. laysanensis
Binomial name
Omiodes laysanensis Swezey, 1914
Synonyms[1]
Hedylepta laysanensis (Swezey, 1914)