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Thyrocopa leonina

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Thyrocopa leonina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Xyloryctidae
Genus:
Thyrocopa
Species:
T. leonina
Binomial name
Thyrocopa leonina

Thyrocopa leonina is a moth of the family Xyloryctidae. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Lanai. It is possibly extinct.

The length of the forewings is about 9 mm. Adults are on wing at least in February. The ground color of the forewings is brown. The hindwings are very light brown. The fringe is also very light brown.

  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.
  • 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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