Thyrocopa apatela

Thyrocopa apatela
	At Haleakala National Park; Maui, Hawaii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Xyloryctidae
Genus:	Thyrocopa
Species:	T. apatela
Binomial name
	Thyrocopa apatela; (Walsingham, 1907)
Synonyms
	Hodegia apatela Walsingham, 1907; Thyrocopa mediomaculata Walsingham, 1907;

Thyrocopa apatela, the grasshopper moth^[1] or Haleakala flightless moth,^[2] is a species of brachypterous (flightless) moth from the Hawaiian island of Maui.^[3]

References

^ [1] University of California, Berkeley
^ [2] Thyrocopa apatela, Haleakala flightless moth, (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae)
^ [3] A new species of flightless, jumping, alpine moth of the genus Thyrocopa from Hawaii

External links

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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[1] [1] University of California, Berkeley

[2] [2] Thyrocopa apatela, Haleakala flightless moth, (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae)

[3] [3] A new species of flightless, jumping, alpine moth of the genus Thyrocopa from Hawaii

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