A living guide to Kauaʻi

Kauaʻi species, habitats and conservation records

Explore the island’s native and introduced species, habitats, watersheds and conservation work. Each record connects its description, images and sources with the interactive Atlas.

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  Mestolobes chrysomolybda

  Mestolobes chrysomolybda

  Mestolobes chrysomolybda is a member of Crambidae in the order Lepidoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is endemic — kauaʻi. Mestolobes chrysomolybda (Mestolobes chrysomolybda) is documented from Kauaʻi. Crambid moths undergo comp

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  Mestolobes orthrias

  Mestolobes orthrias

  Mestolobes orthrias is a member of Crambidae in the order Lepidoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is endemic — kauaʻi. Mestolobes orthrias (Mestolobes orthrias) is documented from Kauaʻi. Crambid moths undergo complete metamorpho

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  Orthomecyna phaeophanes

  Orthomecyna phaeophanes

  Orthomecyna phaeophanes is a member of Crambidae in the order Lepidoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is endemic hawaiian. Orthomecyna phaeophanes (Orthomecyna phaeophanes) is documented from Kauaʻi. Crambid moths undergo complet

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  Scotorythra rara

  Scotorythra rara

  Scotorythra rara is a member of Geometridae in the order Lepidoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is endemic hawaiian. Scotorythra rara (Scotorythra rara) is documented from Kauaʻi. Geometrid moth caterpillars are the familiar 'in

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  Uhaloa Moth

  Eublemma accedens

  Uhaloa Moth (Eublemma accedens) is a member of Noctuidae in the order Lepidoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced. Uhaloa Moth (Eublemma accedens) is documented from Kauaʻi. Erebid moths have complete metamorphosis and

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  Targalla delatrix

  Targalla delatrix

  Targalla delatrix is a member of Euteliidae in the order Lepidoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced. Targalla delatrix (Targalla delatrix) is documented from Kauaʻi. Euteliid moths have complete metamorphosis; caterpil

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  Amyna natalis

  Amyna natalis

  Amyna natalis is a member of Noctuidae in the order Lepidoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced. Amyna natalis (Amyna natalis) is documented from Kauaʻi. Erebid moths have complete metamorphosis and highly varied larval

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  Bean Pod Borer

  Maruca vitrata

  Bean Pod Borer (Maruca vitrata) is a member of Crambidae in the order Lepidoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced. Bean Pod Borer (Maruca vitrata) is documented from Kauaʻi. Crambid moths undergo complete metamorphosis.

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  Green Garden Looper

  Chrysodeixis eriosoma

  Green Garden Looper (Chrysodeixis eriosoma) is a member of Noctuidae in the order Lepidoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced. Green Garden Looper (Chrysodeixis eriosoma) is documented from Kauaʻi. Noctuid moths have co

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  Rush Veneer

  Nomophila noctuella

  Rush Veneer (Nomophila noctuella) is a member of Crambidae in the order Lepidoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / cosmopolitan. Rush Veneer (Nomophila noctuella) is documented from Kauaʻi. Crambid moths undergo comp

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  Aumakua omaomao

  Aumakua omaomao

  Aumakua omaomao is a member of Noctuidae in the order Lepidoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is endemic — kauaʻi. Aumakua omaomao (Aumakua omaomao) is documented from Kauaʻi. Noctuid moths have complete metamorphosis. Many larva

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  Tetreuaresta obscuriventris

  Tetreuaresta obscuriventris

  Tetreuaresta obscuriventris is a member of Tephritidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced — biocontrol. Tetreuaresta obscuriventris (Tetreuaresta obscuriventris) is documented from Kauaʻi. Fruit flies

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  Metallic Blue Lady Beetle

  Curinus coeruleus

  Metallic Blue Lady Beetle (Curinus coeruleus) is a member of Coccinellidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced — biocontrol. Metallic Blue Lady Beetle (Curinus coeruleus) is documented from Kauaʻi. L

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  Phimenes curvatus

  Phimenes curvatus

  Phimenes curvatus is a member of Eumenidae in the order Hymenoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced. Phimenes curvatus (Phimenes curvatus) is documented from Kauaʻi. Vespid wasps include social paper wasps and solitary

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  Banana-stalk Fly

  Telostylinus lineolatus

  Banana-stalk Fly (Telostylinus lineolatus) is a member of Neriidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / adventive. Banana-stalk Fly (Telostylinus lineolatus) is documented from Kauaʻi. Neriid flies are

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  Koa Bug

  Coleotichus blackburniae

  Koa Bug (Coleotichus blackburniae) is a member of Pentatomidae in the order Hemiptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is endemic hawaiian. Koa Bug (Coleotichus blackburniae) is documented from Kauaʻi. Jewel bugs are shield-shaped pla

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  Bromeliad Mosquito

  Wyeomyia mitchellii

  Bromeliad Mosquito (Wyeomyia mitchellii) is a member of Culicidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced — invasive. Bromeliad Mosquito (Wyeomyia mitchellii) is documented from Kauaʻi. Mosquitoes have aqua

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  Exaireta spinigera

  Exaireta spinigera

  Exaireta spinigera is a member of Stratiomyidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / adventive. Exaireta spinigera (Exaireta spinigera) is documented from Kauaʻi. Soldier flies have complete metamorpho

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  Gabaza albiseta

  Gabaza albiseta

  Gabaza albiseta is a member of Stratiomyidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / adventive. Gabaza albiseta (Gabaza albiseta) is documented from Kauaʻi. Soldier flies have complete metamorphosis. Larv

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  Mezira membranacea

  Mezira membranacea

  Mezira membranacea is a member of Aradidae in the order Hemiptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced. Mezira membranacea (Mezira membranacea) is documented from Kauaʻi. Flat bugs are strongly flattened true bugs commonly a

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  Common Bed Bug

  Cimex lectularius

  Common Bed Bug (Cimex lectularius) is a member of Cimicidae in the order Hemiptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / synanthropic. Common Bed Bug (Cimex lectularius) is documented from Kauaʻi. Bed bugs are wing-reduced

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  Notonecta indica

  Notonecta indica

  Notonecta indica is a member of Notonectidae in the order Hemiptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced. Notonecta indica (Notonecta indica) is documented from Kauaʻi. Backswimmers are aquatic predatory bugs that swim upsid

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  Hibiscus Scentless Plant Bug

  Niesthrea louisianica

  Hibiscus Scentless Plant Bug (Niesthrea louisianica) is a member of Rhopalidae in the order Hemiptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced. Hibiscus Scentless Plant Bug (Niesthrea louisianica) is documented from Kauaʻi. Scen

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  Ectomocoris biguttulus

  Ectomocoris biguttulus

  Ectomocoris biguttulus is a member of Reduviidae in the order Hemiptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced. Ectomocoris biguttulus (Ectomocoris biguttulus) is documented from Kauaʻi. Assassin bugs are predatory true bugs w

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  Haematoloecha rubescens

  Haematoloecha rubescens

  Haematoloecha rubescens is a member of Reduviidae in the order Hemiptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced. Haematoloecha rubescens (Haematoloecha rubescens) is documented from Kauaʻi. Assassin bugs are predatory true bug

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  Black Scale

  Saissetia oleae

  Black Scale (Saissetia oleae) is a member of Coccidae in the order Hemiptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / adventive. Black Scale (Saissetia oleae) is documented from Kauaʻi. Soft scale insects are sessile plant sap

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  Delta campaniforme campaniforme

  Delta campaniforme campaniforme

  Delta campaniforme campaniforme is a member of Eumenidae in the order Hymenoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced. Delta campaniforme campaniforme (Delta campaniforme campaniforme) is documented from Kauaʻi. Vespid wasp

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  Golden Paper Wasp

  Polistes aurifer

  Golden Paper Wasp (Polistes aurifer) is a member of Eumenidae in the order Hymenoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced. Golden Paper Wasp (Polistes aurifer) is documented from Kauaʻi. Vespid wasps include social paper w

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  Orthodera burmeisteri

  Orthodera burmeisteri

  Orthodera burmeisteri is a member of Mantidae in the order Mantodea. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / adventive. Orthodera burmeisteri (Orthodera burmeisteri) is documented from Kauaʻi. Mantises are sit-and-wait or stal

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  Coniocompsa zimmermani

  Coniocompsa zimmermani

  Coniocompsa zimmermani is a member of Coniopterygidae in the order Neuroptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced. Coniocompsa zimmermani (Coniocompsa zimmermani) is documented from Kauaʻi. Dustywings are tiny neuropterans

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  Nicoletia phytophila

  Nicoletia phytophila

  Nicoletia phytophila is a member of Nicoletiidae in the order Zygentoma. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / adventive. Nicoletia phytophila is a tiny eyeless silverfish relative documented in big-headed ant nests across K

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  Neoplea apopkana

  Neoplea apopkana

  Neoplea apopkana is a member of Pleidae in the order Hemiptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / adventive. Neoplea apopkana is a minute aquatic pygmy backswimmer documented from Kauaʻi. Adults and nymphs inhabit freshw

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  Micracanthia humilis

  Micracanthia humilis

  Micracanthia humilis is a member of Saldidae in the order Hemiptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / adventive. Micracanthia humilis is a small shore bug documented in Kauaʻi's high-elevation wet habitat near Alakaʻi S

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  Rhytidoporus indentatus

  Rhytidoporus indentatus

  Rhytidoporus indentatus is a member of Cydnidae in the order Hemiptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced. Rhytidoporus indentatus is an introduced burrower bug documented from Kauaʻi. It is ground-associated and may be en

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  Geocoris pallens

  Geocoris pallens

  Geocoris pallens is a member of Geocoridae in the order Hemiptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is native/indigenous hawaiian population. Geocoris pallens is a predatory big-eyed bug documented from Kauaʻi since at least the 1930s

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  Praestochrysis lusca

  Praestochrysis lusca

  Praestochrysis lusca is a member of Chrysididae in the order Hymenoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced. Praestochrysis lusca is an introduced cuckoo wasp documented from Kauaʻi. Adults are metallic and the developing

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  Urophorus humeralis

  Urophorus humeralis

  Urophorus humeralis is a member of Nitidulidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / adventive. Urophorus humeralis is an introduced sap beetle documented from Kauaʻi. Adults are small brown nitiduli

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  Euborellia eteronoma

  Euborellia eteronoma

  Euborellia eteronoma is a member of Anisolabididae in the order Dermaptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is native hawaiian. Euborellia eteronoma is a native Hawaiian earwig documented from Kauaʻi and other islands. Male and female

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  Allograpta exotica

  Allograpta exotica

  Allograpta exotica is a member of Syrphidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / adventive. Allograpta exotica is an adventive flower fly documented from Kauaʻi. Adults visit flowers, while larvae are

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  Oblique Stripetail

  Allograpta obliqua

  Oblique Stripetail (Allograpta obliqua) is a member of Syrphidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / adventive. Oblique Stripetail (Allograpta obliqua) is an introduced flower fly recorded from Kauaʻi

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  Dioxyna sororcula

  Dioxyna sororcula

  Dioxyna sororcula is a member of Tephritidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / adventive. Dioxyna sororcula is an introduced tephritid fly documented from Kauaʻi. Its mottled adult wings are diagnos

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  Common Australian Lady Beetle

  Coelophora inaequalis

  Common Australian Lady Beetle (Coelophora inaequalis) is a member of Coccinellidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced — biocontrol. Common Australian Lady Beetle (Coelophora inaequalis) is an introd

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  Coelophora atrolineata

  Coelophora atrolineata

  Coelophora atrolineata is a member of Coccinellidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced — biocontrol. Coelophora atrolineata is an introduced predatory lady beetle established on Kauaʻi as part of Ha

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  Chinese Grasshopper

  Oxya chinensis

  Chinese Grasshopper (Oxya chinensis) is a member of Acrididae in the order Orthoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced. Chinese Grasshopper (Oxya chinensis) is an introduced grasshopper long established on Kauaʻi. It fee

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  Steelblue Ladybird

  Halmus chalybeus

  Steelblue Ladybird (Halmus chalybeus) is a member of Coccinellidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced — biocontrol/adventive. Steelblue Ladybird (Halmus chalybeus) is an introduced metallic-blue pre

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  Scymnobius bilucernarius

  Scymnobius bilucernarius

  Scymnobius bilucernarius is a member of Coccinellidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / adventive. Scymnobius bilucernarius is a small introduced lady beetle documented from the Awaʻawapuhi Trail

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  Anchastus swezeyi

  Anchastus swezeyi

  Anchastus swezeyi is a member of Elateridae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / adventive. Anchastus swezeyi is an adventive click beetle now documented from Kauaʻi, including North Bog. Adult and

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  African Cluster Bug

  Agonoscelis puberula

  African Cluster Bug (Agonoscelis puberula) is a member of Pentatomidae in the order Hemiptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / invasive. African Cluster Bug (Agonoscelis puberula) is an introduced hairy stink bug docum

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  Megachile policaris

  Megachile policaris

  Megachile policaris is a member of Megachilidae in the order Hymenoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / adventive. Megachile policaris is an introduced leafcutter bee newly documented from Kauaʻi. Kauaʻi occurrence

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  Platygaster acciculosis

  Platygaster acciculosis

  Platygaster acciculosis is a member of Platygastridae in the order Hymenoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / adventive. Platygaster acciculosis is a minute parasitoid wasp documented from multiple upland Kauaʻi loca

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  Tropical Nut Borer

  Hypothenemus obscurus

  Tropical Nut Borer (Hypothenemus obscurus) is a member of Curculionidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / adventive. Tropical Nut Borer (Hypothenemus obscurus) is an introduced scolytine abundant

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  Hypothenemus seriatus

  Hypothenemus seriatus

  Hypothenemus seriatus is a member of Curculionidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / adventive. Hypothenemus seriatus is an introduced bark/seed beetle established in Kauaʻi coffee landscapes. Ad

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  Hypothenemus birmanus

  Hypothenemus birmanus

  Hypothenemus birmanus is a member of Curculionidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / adventive. Hypothenemus birmanus is an introduced scolytine established on Kauaʻi. Older literature may use th

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  Hypothenemus eruditus

  Hypothenemus eruditus

  Hypothenemus eruditus is a member of Curculionidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / adventive. Hypothenemus eruditus is an introduced minute bark beetle established in Kauaʻi coffee landscapes.

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  Hypothenemus brunneus

  Hypothenemus brunneus

  Hypothenemus brunneus is a member of Curculionidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / adventive. Hypothenemus brunneus is an introduced scolytine documented from Kauaʻi coffee landscapes and appea

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  Ptilopodius pacificus

  Ptilopodius pacificus

  Ptilopodius pacificus is a member of Curculionidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced. Ptilopodius pacificus is an introduced scolytine documented in Kauaʻi coffee habitat. Exact host/substrate asso

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  Xyleborus affinis

  Xyleborus affinis

  Xyleborus affinis is a member of Curculionidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / adventive. Xyleborus affinis is an introduced ambrosia beetle documented on Kauaʻi and capable of using coffee fru

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  Encyrtoscelio mirissimus

  Encyrtoscelio mirissimus

  Encyrtoscelio mirissimus is a member of Scelionidae in the order Hymenoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / adventive. Encyrtoscelio mirissimus is an introduced scelionid wasp documented from Kōkeʻe, Kauaʻi. Females

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  Dichomeris acuminatus

  Dichomeris acuminatus

  Dichomeris acuminatus is a member of Gelechiidae in the order Lepidoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced. Dichomeris acuminatus is an introduced gelechiid moth documented from Kauaʻi. Larvae feed on a broad range of le

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  Thyrinteina arnobia

  Thyrinteina arnobia

  Thyrinteina arnobia is a member of Geometridae in the order Lepidoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced. Thyrinteina arnobia is a recently introduced geometrid moth now verified from Kauaʻi at Kalalau Beach, where invas