Peridroma cinctipennis

Peridroma cinctipennis is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui and Hawaii.

Peridroma cinctipennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Peridroma
Species:	P. cinctipennis
Binomial name
Peridroma cinctipennis (Butler, 1881)
Synonyms
Apamea cinctipennis Butler, 1881 Agrotis cinctipennis Rhyacia cinctipennis

The larvae feed on Aleurites moluccanus, Cheirodendron, various grasses, Lythrum, mango, Metrosideros, Pittosporum, Sonchus and Wikstroemia species.

Subspecies

• Peridroma cinctipennis cinctipennis (Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Hawaii)
• Peridroma cinctipennis albistigma (Warren, 1912) (Oahu)

External links

• Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 7 Macrolepidoptera. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7336.