Kona giant looper moth
| Kona giant looper moth | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Scotorythra |
| Species: | S. megalophylla |
| Binomial name | |
| Scotorythra megalophylla Meyrick, 1899 | |
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The Kona giant looper moth (Scotorythra megalophylla) is an extinct species of moth in the family Geometridae. It was endemic to Hawaii.
This species had a wingspan of about three inches, and was the second largest endemic moth in Hawaii, surpassed only by the still-extant Blackburn's Sphinx, Manduca blackburni.
Sources
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Scotorythra megalophylla. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 31 July 2007.
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