Tritocleis is monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Edward Meyrick in 1899. Its only species, Tritocleis microphylla, the ʻOlaʻa peppered looper moth, described by the same author in the same year, is now extinct.[1]

ʻOlaʻa peppered looper moth
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Tritocleis
Meyrick, 1899
Species:
T. microphylla
Binomial name
Tritocleis microphylla
Meyrick, 1899

It was endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.

The wingspan was about 20 mm.

References

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  1. ^ a b World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Tritocleis microphylla". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T22209A9365407. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T22209A9365407.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.