Peridroma coniotis is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was first described by George Hampson in 1903. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Hawaii.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Peridroma |
| Species: | P. coniotis
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| Binomial name | |
| Peridroma coniotis (Hampson, 1903)
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The larvae feed on Chenopodium species.
Subspecies
edit- Peridroma coniotis coniotis (Kauai, Hawaii)
- Peridroma coniotis rufata (Warren, 1912) (Kauai)
External links
edit- Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 7 Macrolepidoptera. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7336.
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