Thyrocopa brevipalpis
Thyrocopa brevipalpis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Xyloryctidae |
Genus: | Thyrocopa |
Species: | T. brevipalpis |
Binomial name | |
Thyrocopa brevipalpis (Walsingham, 1907) | |
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Thyrocopa brevipalpis is a moth of the Xyloryctidae family. 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 Hedyotis terminalis.
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