# Description Day-flying zygaenid with metallic iridescence.
Status: Extinct (IUCN 2021) Region & Habitat: Fiji (Viti Levu and nearby islands); coastal coconut groves. Era of loss: Considered extinct by 1990; IUCN EX 2021.
# Cinematic beat (≈15 s) Sunlit palm crowns; purple flashes hover along frond edges—match-cut to a parasitoid fly ovipositing; the shimmer fades from the canopy.
# Habitat & Ecology - Outbreaks in coconut stands; larvae feeding underside of fronds. - Biological control campaign (1920s) introduced parasitoid fly *Bessa remota*.
# Diet - Larvae: coconut (*Cocos nucifera*) foliage. - Adults: nectar on coastal flora.
# Predators - Birds; parasitoids (introduced).
# Behaviour - Crepuscular/day flight over palm crowns; local booms and busts.
# Threats & Drivers - Biological control, habitat change, and possibly limited native refugia.
# Related - Extinct Insects – Recent Losses
# See
- Levuana moth on wikipedia 
- Specimen photo wikimedia 
- Lepidoptera Phalaenae Plates -biodiversitylibrary.org
- Category:Levuana_iridescens on wikimedia