Kona giant looper moth

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Kona giant looper moth
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scotorythra
Species:
†S. megalophylla
Binomial name
†Scotorythra megalophylla
Meyrick, 1899
Synonyms
  • Acrodrepanis megalophylla (Meyrick, 1899)

The Kona giant looper moth (Scotorythra megalophylla) is an

Geometridae. The species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1899. It was endemic to Hawaii
.

This species had a wingspan of about three inches (8 cm), and was the second largest endemic moth in Hawaii, surpassed only by the still-extant Blackburn's sphinx (Manduca blackburni).

Sources

  1. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T20074A9144387.en
    . Retrieved 17 November 2021.


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