Thyrocopa brevipalpis
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Arthropoda
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| Class: | Insecta
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| Species: | T. brevipalpis
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| Binomial name | |
| Thyrocopa brevipalpis (Walsingham, 1907)
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Thyrocopa brevipalpis is a moth of the family Xyloryctidae. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Kauai.
The length of the forewings is 9–16 mm. Adults are on wing year round. It has a remarkably variable wing pattern.
Larvae have been reared on .
External links[]
- Medeiros, Matthew J. (2009). "A revision of the endemic Hawaiian genus Thyrocopa (Lepidoptera: Xyloryctidae: Xyloryctinae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2202: 1–47. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2202.1.1.
Categories:
- Thyrocopa
- Endemic moths of Hawaii
- Moths described in 1907
- Xyloryctidae stubs