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8 unusual facts about Nihoa


Asymphorodes dimorpha

It is found in Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Lanai, Hawaii, Nihoa, Necker Island, Pearl and Hermes Reef, Midway, Kure, Wake island, Canton island, Jarvis island, but is probably much more widely distributed in the Pacific.

Chenopodium oahuense

It is also found on Lisianski Island, Laysan, the French Frigate Shoals, Necker Island, and Nihoa.

Crocidosema leprarum

It is endemic to Oahu, Molokai, Nihoa, Necker Island, French Frigate Shoals and Laysan.

Havaika

Specimens from Necker Island and Nihoa (northwest of Kaua'i) did not fit into the four defined morphotypes.

Helicoverpa hawaiiensis

It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known from Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Lanai, Hawaii, Nihoa and Necker Island.

Hyposmocoma malornata

It is endemic to Necker Island, Nihoa, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui and Hawaii.

Schiedea verticillata

Schiedea verticillata, known as the Nihoa Carnation, is an endangered species of carnation, endemic to the island of Nihoa in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, where it was discovered in 1923 by the Tanager Expedition.

Schistocerca nitens

A particularly destructive swarming event occurred on the Hawaiian island of Nihoa in 2004, wiping out some 90% of the vegetation on the island.


Similar

Nihoa | Nihoa Finch |

Thaumatogryllus

Thaumatogryllus conanti D. Otte, 1994 - Conant's giant Nihoa tree cricket (Nihoa)


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