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]

Thyrocopa apatela
At Haleakala National Park
Maui, Hawaii
Scientific classification Edit this 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

References

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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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  • 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.