Hawaiian Insects

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Drosophila neogrimshawi Kaala 9893

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Drosophila neogrimshawi, Kaala. This rare species has not been seen since 1972 and apparently not in the Waianae range since 1916. At Kaala, it lives on the very steep slopes and gulches below the summit bog where there are stands of Clermontia, its host plant.