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Kona giant looper moth

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Kona giant looper moth
Female
Conservation status

Extinct  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scotorythra
Species: †S. megalophylla
Binomial name
†Scotorythra megalophylla
Meyrick, 1899
Synonyms
  • Acrodrepanis megalophylla (Meyrick, 1899)

The Kona giant looper moth (Scotorythra megalophylla) is an extinct species of moth in the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1899. It was endemic to Hawaii.

This species had a wingspan of about three inches (8 cm), and was the second largest endemic moth in Hawaii, surpassed only by the still-extant Blackburn's sphinx (Manduca blackburni).

Sources

  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Scotorythra megalophylla". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T20074A9144387. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T20074A9144387.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
Taxon identifiers
Scotorythra megalophylla


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