Thyrocopa nihoa
| Thyrocopa nihoa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Thyrocopa |
| Species: | T. nihoa
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| Binomial name | |
| Thyrocopa nihoa Medeiros, 2009
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Thyrocopa nihoa is a moth of the family Xyloryctidae. It was first described by Matthew J. Medeiros in 2009. It is endemic to Nihoa in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
The length of the forewings is about 7 mm. Adults are on wing at least in August and September.
Etymology
[edit]The name nihoa refers to Nihoa, the only locality where this moth occurs.
External links
[edit]- 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.