Global InformationIthome concolorella information
| Ithome concolorella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Ithome |
| Species: | I. concolorella
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| Binomial name | |
| Ithome concolorella (Chambers, 1875)
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Ithome concolorella, the kiawe flower moth, is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It was first described by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1875. It is found in the southern United States, including Texas, southern Arizona and Florida. It is an introduced species in Hawaii, where it has been recorded from Kauai, Oahu, Maui, Hawaii and Molokai.
The wingspan is about 8 mm.
The larvae are a pest of the flowers of Prosopis chilensis and Acacia farnesiana in Hawaii.