Thyrocopa
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| Grasshopper moth ( | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Thyrocopa Meyrick 1883 |
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Thyrocopa is a
flightless species.[2]
Adults
Although some southern oceanic islands and sparsely vegetated areas where the moths locomote by jumping. Thyrocopa includes the only species of flightless alpine moth in the Hawaiian Islands.[1]
Having studied males and females of two different species (
Larvae
An
At 20 °C in the laboratory, specimens stayed larvae for 2–20 weeks and remained in pupa form for 2–8, a range in development time indicative of a number of species being kept together in the study.[4]The larvae have been collected on a wide variety of host plants (most of them endemic to Hawaiʻi) including
Species
The genus contains the following species:[2]
- T. abusa
- T. acetosa
- T. albonubila
- T. alterna
- Haleakala flightless moth[5])
- T. apikia
- T. brevipalpis
- T. cinerella
- T. decipiens
- T. elikapekae
- T. epicapna
- T. geminipuncta
- T. gigas
- T. indecora
- T. kanaloa
- T. kea
- T. keliae
- T. kikaelekea, a recently described species[1]
- T. kokeensis
- T. leonina[2]
- T. megas
- T. minor
- T. neckerensis
- T. nihoa
- T. peleana
- T. sapindiela (common name: Oahu aulu thyrocopa moth[6][7])
- T. seminatella
- T. spilobathra
- T. subahenea
- T. usitata
- T. vagans
- T. viduella
Photo links
- [6] University of Bristol
- [7] Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk: Insects of Hawaii
- [8] Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk: Insects of Hawaii
- [9] MorphBank Images
References
- ^ S2CID 16134006.
- ^ a b c [1] BayScience Foundation, Inc.
- ^ [2] Entomological Society of America
- ^ a b c Henneman, Laurie. "Thyrocopa spp. (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae)". Moths of the Alakaʻi Swamp. University of Western Montana.
- Haleakalaflightless moth,(Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae)
- ^ [4] NatureServe Explorer Species Index
- ^ [5] The Hawai‘i Biodiversity & Mapping Program