by deforestation for agriculture; the modern records of this species are generally from 600 m (c. 2000 ft) ASL to the mountain peaks. Plants that occur in its habitat are for example Bidens henryi, Cheirodendron bastardianum, Pandanus, and east Polynesian blueberry (Vaccinium cereum), as well as numerous other shrubs, ferns, mosses and lichens. References External links Spilomelinae Monotypic moth genera Fauna of the Marquesas Islands Crambidae genera Moths of Oceania Taxa named by Eugene G. Munroe