Thyrocopa brevipalpis

Thyrocopa brevipalpis is a moth of the family Xyloryctidae. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Kauai.

Thyrocopa brevipalpis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Xyloryctidae
Genus:
Thyrocopa
Species:
T. brevipalpis
Binomial name
Thyrocopa brevipalpis
(Walsingham, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Psychra brevipalpis Walsingham, 1907
  • Psychra phycidiformis Walsingham, 1907
  • Thyrocopa phycidiformis (Walsingham, 1907)

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.

  • Medeiros, Matthew J. (2009). "A revision of the endemic Hawaiian genus Thyrocopa (Lepidoptera: Xyloryctidae: Xyloryctinae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2202: 1–47. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2202.1.1.


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