Thyrocopa

Thyrocopa
Grasshopper moth (Thyrocopa apatela)
Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawaii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Thyrocopa
Meyrick 1883
Species
see text
Synonyms
  • Synomotis Meyrick, 1883
  • Hodegia Walsingham, 1907
  • Ptychothrix Walsingham, 1907
  • Psychra Walsingham, 1907
  • Catamempsis Walsingham, 1907

Thyrocopa is a genus of moths in the family Xyloryctidae endemic to Hawaii.[1] The taxon has approximately forty species, including some flightless species.[2]

  1. ^ Medeiros, Matthew J. (2008). "A new species of flightless, jumping, alpine moth of the genus Thyrocopa from Hawaii (Lepidoptera: Xyloryctidae: Xyloryctinae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1830: 57–62. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1830.1.5. S2CID 16134006.
  2. ^ [1] BayScience Foundation, Inc.