Thyrocopa indecora is a moth of the family Xyloryctidae. It was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Oahu, Maui and Hawaii.

Thyrocopa indecora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Thyrocopa
Species:
T. indecora
Binomial name
Thyrocopa indecora
(Butler, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Depressaria indecora Butler, 1881
  • Depressaria lactea Butler, 1881
  • Thyrocopa lactea
  • Depressaria argentea Butler, 1881
  • Thyrocopa argentea
  • Thyrocopa tessellatella Walsingham, 1907

The length of the forewings is 7–15 mm.

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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.