Thyrocopa brevipalpis

Thyrocopa brevipalpis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Thyrocopa
Species: T. brevipalpis
Binomial name
Thyrocopa brevipalpis
(Walsingham, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Psychra brevipalpis Walsingham, 1907
  • Psychra phycidiformis Walsingham, 1907
  • Thyrocopa phycidiformis (Walsingham, 1907)

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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