Scotorythra goniastis

Scotorythra goniastis is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1899. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Maui and Hawaii.

Scotorythra goniastis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Tribe:
Boarmiini
Genus:
Scotorythra
Species:
S. goniastis
Binomial name
Scotorythra goniastis

References
  1. Meyrick, E. (1899). "Scotorythra goniastis, sp. nov.". Macrolepidoptera. Fauna Hawaiiensis. 1 (2). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 180–181.

Further reading
  • Meyrick, E. (1900). "New Hawaiian Lepidoptera". The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 36 (438): 258. To this species also I now refer without doubt the specimen (of unknown locality) formerly assigned by me as the ♀ of S. goniastis.
  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). "Scotorythra goniastis". Macrolepidoptera. Insects of Hawaii. 7. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. p. 96. hdl:10125/7336.


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