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Philonesia oahuensis

27

Bishop specimens

1

Type specimens

1901

First collected

1947

Last collected

2024

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

Where Bishop collected it

16 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.

Two centuries of collecting

1900s1940s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1901 by Baldwin (Oʻahu). The Museum last collected it in 1947; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as December 16, 2024.

From the collection

Philonesia oahuensis, 16017Philonesia oahuensis, 123167Philonesia oahuensis, 164799Philonesia oahuensis, 185524Philonesia oahuensis, 211230Philonesia oahuensis, 211231Philonesia oahuensis, 211615Philonesia oahuensis, 211616Philonesia oahuensis, 211651Philonesia oahuensis, 211689Philonesia oahuensis, 211757Philonesia oahuensis, 211817

Alive today

1 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.