Thyrocopa kikaelekea
Species of moth
Thyrocopa kikaelekea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Xyloryctidae |
Genus: | Thyrocopa |
Species: | T. kikaelekea |
Binomial name | |
Thyrocopa kikaelekea Medeiros, 2008 |
Thyrocopa kikaelekea, a species of flightless moth from Hawaii in genus Thyrocopa, was recently discovered by entomologists at University of California, Berkeley and described in a 2008 paper.[1]
The forewing length is 8–11 mm.
References
- ^ [1] A new species of flightless, jumping, alpine moth of the genus Thyrocopa from Hawaii
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