Thyrocopa brevipalpis
| Thyrocopa brevipalpis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Thyrocopa |
| Species: | T. brevipalpis |
| Binomial name | |
| Thyrocopa brevipalpis (Walsingham, 1907) | |
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Thyrocopa brevipalpis is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to Kauai.
The length of the forewings is 9–16 mm. Adults are on wing year-round. It has a remarkably variable wing pattern.
Larvae have been reared on Hedyotis terminalis.
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