Kona giant looper moth
| Kona giant looper moth | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Scotorythra |
| Species: | S. megalophylla |
| Binomial name | |
| Scotorythra megalophylla Meyrick, 1899 | |
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The Kona giant looper moth (Scotorythra megalophylla) was a species of moth in the Geometridae family. It was endemic to Hawaii.
This species had an expanse of about three inches, and was (excluding the Sphingidae) the largest endemic moth in Hawaii.
Source
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Scotorythra megalophylla. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 31 July 2007.