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__NOTOC__ The Pandanus Flower Moth (''Anatrachyntis incertulella'') is a small cosmet moth species (family Cosmopterigidae). It belongs to subfamily Cosmopteriginae. This was the first "micromoth" species to be described from Hawaiʻi. The type specimens were collected there by the 1820s Beechey expedition and described by the English entomologist Francis Walker in 1864; they are now in the BMNH. It is found mainly in Polynesia, from the Hawaiian Islands across the Society and Marquesas Islands to the Austral Islands and Pitcairn Island. It has also been recorded on Fiji, in Queensland (and maybe elsewhere in Australia), on Okinawa and on Rodrigues; except the first locality, these seem to be fairly recent introductions or accidental finds however.〔Clarke (1986)〕 The caterpillar larvae feed on ''Pandanus'' species, including ''Pandanus tectorius''.〔 ==Synonyms== This species has been described anew several times from localities where it was not yet known. The junior synonyms thus created are:〔 * ''Aeoloscelis aulacosema'' Lower, 1904 * ''Gelechia incertulella'' Walker, 1864 * ''Pyroderces aulacosema'' (Lower, 1904) * ''Pyroderces incertulella'' (Walker, 1864) * ''Pyroderces subcarnea'' Meyrick, 1924 * ''Stagmatophora incertulella'' (Walker, 1864) * ''Stagmatophora tridigitella'' Walsingham, 1907 It may also have been placed in ''Proterocosma'', but this was usually considered a subgenus of ''Stagmatophora'' in earlier times. As it seems, though, ''Proterocosma'' is not particularly closely related to either ''Stagmatophora'' or ''Anatrachyntis''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anatrachyntis incertulella」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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