Thyrocopa gigas

Thyrocopa gigas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Thyrocopa
Species: T. gigas
Binomial name
Thyrocopa gigas
(Butler, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Depressaria gigas Butler, 1881

Thyrocopa gigas is a moth of the Xyloryctidae family. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Kauai, Oahu, Molokai and Maui. However, it is possibly extinct on Oahu, where two females were collected in 1892 but no further specimens have been collected since then.

The length of the forewings is 17–23 mm. Adults are on wing at least from April to September.

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