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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  Ketapangia leucochorda

  Ketapangia leucochorda

  Ketapangia leucochorda is a member of Gracillariidae in the order Lepidoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced. Ketapangia leucochorda is an introduced leaf-mining moth now documented from Kauaʻi. Larvae mine sea-almond

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  Argyrogramma verruca

  Argyrogramma verruca

  Argyrogramma verruca is a member of Noctuidae in the order Lepidoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced. Argyrogramma verruca is an introduced noctuid moth documented from Poʻipū, Kauaʻi. Its caterpillar and adult requir

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  Subterranean Dart

  Feltia subterranea

  Subterranean Dart (Feltia subterranea) is a member of Noctuidae in the order Lepidoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced. Subterranean Dart (Feltia subterranea) is an introduced polyphagous cutworm moth verified from Ka

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  Leucania striata

  Leucania striata

  Leucania striata is a member of Noctuidae in the order Lepidoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced. Leucania striata is an introduced noctuid moth documented from Kauaʻi since at least 1981. Caterpillar ecology and gras

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  Leucania stenographa

  Leucania stenographa

  Leucania stenographa is a member of Noctuidae in the order Lepidoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced. Leucania stenographa is an introduced noctuid moth documented from Kauaʻi. Older Hawaiian literature uses the name

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  Leucania scottii

  Leucania scottii

  Leucania scottii is a member of Noctuidae in the order Lepidoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced. Leucania scottii is an introduced noctuid moth historically documented from Kauaʻi. Current island persistence should b

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  Lesser Wax Moth

  Achroia grisella

  Lesser Wax Moth (Achroia grisella) is a member of Pyralidae in the order Lepidoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / hive pest. Lesser Wax Moth (Achroia grisella) is an introduced moth documented from Kauaʻi and assoc

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  Banana Moth

  Opogona sacchari

  Banana Moth (Opogona sacchari) is a member of Tineidae in the order Lepidoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / polyphagous pest. Banana Moth (Opogona sacchari) is an introduced polyphagous tineid documented from Kaua

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  Cryptophlebia ombrodelta

  Cryptophlebia ombrodelta

  Cryptophlebia ombrodelta is a member of Tortricidae in the order Lepidoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / polyphagous pest. Cryptophlebia ombrodelta is an introduced polyphagous tortricid documented from Kauaʻi. La

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  Lorita scarificata

  Lorita scarificata

  Lorita scarificata is a member of Tortricidae in the order Lepidoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced. Lorita scarificata is an introduced tortricid moth documented from Kauaʻi. Kauaʻi occurrence evidence: Austin & Ru

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  Usingeriessa onyxalis

  Usingeriessa onyxalis

  Usingeriessa onyxalis is a member of Crambidae in the order Lepidoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced. Usingeriessa onyxalis is an introduced crambid moth documented from Kīpū, Kauaʻi. Its larvae are thought to be aqu

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  Condica dolorosa

  Condica dolorosa

  Condica dolorosa is a member of Noctuidae in the order Lepidoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced. Condica dolorosa is an introduced noctuid moth documented from Līhuʻe, Kauaʻi since 1978. Caterpillar host plants and c

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  Condica illecta

  Condica illecta

  Condica illecta is a member of Noctuidae in the order Lepidoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced. Condica illecta is an introduced noctuid moth documented from Kauaʻi since at least 1961. Kauaʻi occurrence evidence: B

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  Elaphria nucicolora

  Elaphria nucicolora

  Elaphria nucicolora is a member of Noctuidae in the order Lepidoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced. Elaphria nucicolora is an introduced noctuid moth documented from Kauaʻi and widely established in Hawaiʻi. Adult an

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  Beet Armyworm

  Spodoptera exigua

  Beet Armyworm (Spodoptera exigua) is a member of Noctuidae in the order Lepidoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced. Beet Armyworm (Spodoptera exigua) is an introduced polyphagous noctuid documented from Kauaʻi. Caterpi

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  Lawn Armyworm

  Spodoptera mauritia

  Lawn Armyworm (Spodoptera mauritia) is a member of Noctuidae in the order Lepidoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced. Lawn Armyworm (Spodoptera mauritia) is an introduced grass-feeding moth established on Kauaʻi since

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  Nothoperissops frenatus

  Nothoperissops frenatus

  Nothoperissops frenatus is a member of Curculionidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / adventive. Nothoperissops frenatus is an introduced weevil newly confirmed from Kauaʻi. Larvae probably deve

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  Mouralia tinctoides

  Mouralia tinctoides

  Mouralia tinctoides is a member of Noctuidae in the order Lepidoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / adventive. Mouralia tinctoides is an introduced noctuid documented historically from Kauaʻi by a 1982 specimen. Ka

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  Bembidion blackburni

  Bembidion blackburni

  Bembidion blackburni is a member of Carabidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is endemic hawaiian. Bembidion blackburni is a Hawaiian-endemic ground beetle documented from Kauaʻi. Liebherr's 2008 revision move

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  Bembidion munroi

  Bembidion munroi

  Bembidion munroi is a member of Carabidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is endemic hawaiian. Bembidion munroi is a native Hawaiian ground beetle confirmed on Kauaʻi in high-elevation wet forest. A 2005 Alaka

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  Bembidion spurcum

  Bembidion spurcum

  Bembidion spurcum is a member of Carabidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is endemic hawaiian. Bembidion spurcum is a Hawaiian-endemic ground beetle documented from Kauaʻi in the modern taxonomic revision of

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  Fruit-tree Pinhole Borer

  Xyleborinus saxesenii

  Fruit-tree Pinhole Borer (Xyleborinus saxesenii) is a member of Curculionidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / adventive. Fruit-tree Pinhole Borer (Xyleborinus saxesenii) is an introduced ambros

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  Xyleborus dubiosus

  Xyleborus dubiosus

  Xyleborus dubiosus is a member of Curculionidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is endemic hawaiian. Xyleborus dubiosus is a native Hawaiian ambrosia beetle newly documented from Kauaʻi in ʻōhiʻa forest trappi

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  Xyleborus oahuensis

  Xyleborus oahuensis

  Xyleborus oahuensis is a member of Curculionidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is endemic hawaiian. Xyleborus oahuensis is a native Hawaiian ambrosia beetle newly documented from Kauaʻi in mixed ʻōhiʻa fores

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  Xyleborus ferrugineus

  Xyleborus ferrugineus

  Xyleborus ferrugineus is a member of Curculionidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / adventive. Xyleborus ferrugineus is an introduced ambrosia beetle documented from Kauaʻi and associated with r

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  Crossotarsus externedentatus

  Crossotarsus externedentatus

  Crossotarsus externedentatus is a member of Curculionidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / adventive. Crossotarsus externedentatus is an introduced pinhole/ambrosia beetle documented from Kauaʻi

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  Ptycta kauaiensis

  Ptycta kauaiensis

  Ptycta kauaiensis is a member of Psocidae in the order Psocodea. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is kauaʻi endemic. Ptycta kauaiensis is a native barklouse in the endemic Hawaiian Ptycta radiation and is documented from Kauaʻi. Kauaʻ

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  Ptycta diastema

  Ptycta diastema

  Ptycta diastema is a member of Psocidae in the order Psocodea. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is kauaʻi endemic. Ptycta diastema is a native barklouse in the endemic Hawaiian Ptycta radiation and is documented from Kauaʻi. Kauaʻi oc

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  Ptycta monticola

  Ptycta monticola

  Ptycta monticola is a member of Psocidae in the order Psocodea. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is kauaʻi endemic. Ptycta monticola is a native barklouse in the endemic Hawaiian Ptycta radiation and is documented from Kauaʻi. Kauaʻi

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  Ptycta placophora

  Ptycta placophora

  Ptycta placophora is a member of Psocidae in the order Psocodea. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is kauaʻi endemic. Ptycta placophora is a native barklouse in the endemic Hawaiian Ptycta radiation and is documented from Kauaʻi. Kauaʻ

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  Ptycta telma

  Ptycta telma

  Ptycta telma is a member of Psocidae in the order Psocodea. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is kauaʻi endemic. Ptycta telma is a native barklouse in the endemic Hawaiian Ptycta radiation and is documented from Kauaʻi. Kauaʻi occurren

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  Ptycta zimmermani

  Ptycta zimmermani

  Ptycta zimmermani is a member of Psocidae in the order Psocodea. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is kauaʻi endemic. Ptycta zimmermani is a native barklouse in the endemic Hawaiian Ptycta radiation and is documented from Kauaʻi. Kauaʻ

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  Ptycta vittipennis

  Ptycta vittipennis

  Ptycta vittipennis is a member of Psocidae in the order Psocodea. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is kauaʻi endemic. Ptycta vittipennis is a native barklouse in the endemic Hawaiian Ptycta radiation and is documented from Kauaʻi. Kau

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  Ctenocephalides felis felis

  Ctenocephalides felis felis

  Cat Flea (Ctenocephalides felis felis) is a member of Pulicidae in the order Siphonaptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / adventive. Cat Flea (Ctenocephalides felis felis) is a parasitic flea documented from Kauaʻi in

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  Leptopsylla segnis

  Leptopsylla segnis

  Mouse Flea (Leptopsylla segnis) is a member of Leptopsyllidae in the order Siphonaptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / adventive. Mouse Flea (Leptopsylla segnis) is a parasitic flea documented from Kauaʻi in the Bish

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  Echidnophaga gallinacea

  Echidnophaga gallinacea

  Sticktight Flea (Echidnophaga gallinacea) is a member of Pulicidae in the order Siphonaptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / adventive. Sticktight Flea (Echidnophaga gallinacea) is a parasitic flea documented from Kau

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  Xenopsylla cheopis

  Xenopsylla cheopis

  Oriental Rat Flea (Xenopsylla cheopis) is a member of Pulicidae in the order Siphonaptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / adventive. Oriental Rat Flea (Xenopsylla cheopis) is a parasitic flea documented from Kauaʻi in

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  Xenopsylla vexabilis

  Xenopsylla vexabilis

  Hawaiian / Australian Rat Flea (Xenopsylla vexabilis) is a member of Pulicidae in the order Siphonaptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is polynesian-introduced / adventive. Hawaiian / Australian Rat Flea (Xenopsylla vexabilis) is a

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  Pulex simulans

  Pulex simulans

  False Human Flea (Pulex simulans) is a member of Pulicidae in the order Siphonaptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / adventive. Pulex simulans is a flea of dogs and other mammals that was formally recorded from Kauaʻi

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  Oligotoma saundersii

  Oligotoma saundersii

  Saunders' Webspinner (Oligotoma saundersii) is a member of Oligotomidae in the order Embioptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / adventive. Saunders' webspinner is an introduced silk-spinning insect documented across t

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  Zorotypus swezeyi

  Zorotypus swezeyi

  Swezey's Zorapteran (Zorotypus swezeyi) is a member of Zorotypidae in the order Zoraptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is endemic hawaiian. Swezey's zorapteran is a minute native Hawaiian insect first discovered in rotten logs in

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  Island biosecurity prevention & pathway sanitation

  Prevent high-impact pests/pathogens from arriving or moving between islands/sites

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  Islandwide early-detection surveillance

  Detect incipient invasive populations while eradication remains feasible

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  Rapid response, containment & eradication

  Eliminate or contain newly detected high-impact invasive populations

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  Priority invasive-plant control

  Reduce forest-modifying invasive plants and protect native regeneration

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  Ungulate-proof fencing

  Exclude pigs, goats and deer from high-value conservation units

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  Ungulate removal & sustained control

  Reduce or eliminate ungulates inside priority areas and lower landscape pressure elsewhere

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  Predator-exclusion fencing

  Create protected breeding habitat inaccessible to invasive mammalian predators

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  Rodent control / eradication

  Reduce rodent predation on eggs, chicks, seeds, fruits and native invertebrates

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  Feral cat control

  Reduce cat predation in high-value wildlife habitat and near grounding hotspots

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  Dog access & responsible-ownership management

  Reduce predation and disturbance by free-ranging dogs at sensitive sites

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  Incompatible Insect Technique mosquito suppression

  Suppress invasive mosquito reproduction to reduce avian-malaria transmission

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  Bti mosquito larval control

  Reduce mosquito larvae in treated landscape and complement adult/reproductive suppression

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  ROD sanitation, wound prevention & movement controls

  Slow spread and reduce new infections of Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death

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  ʻŌhiʻa resistance, genetic conservation & resistant-stock development

  Preserve ʻōhiʻa genetic diversity and develop/reinforce disease-resistant material where evidence supports it

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  Rare-plant seed banking, propagation & outplanting

  Prevent extinction and rebuild viable populations of imperiled plants

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  Native forest restoration & outplanting

  Rebuild native forest structure and ecological function after threat reduction

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  Habitat connectivity & corridor restoration

  Reconnect fragmented native habitats and reduce isolation of populations/processes

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  Seabird colony restoration, nest support & translocation

  Establish or strengthen secure seabird breeding colonies

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  Dark-sky lighting, shielding & seasonal light reduction

  Reduce seabird attraction/disorientation from artificial light