A revision of the endemic Hawaiian genus Thyrocopa (Lepidoptera: Xyloryctidae: Xyloryctinae)
Author
Medeiros, Matthew J.
text
Zootaxa
2009
2202
1
47
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.275119
ed4c6a69-93b2-4177-888f-cdc9f9a8a327
1175-5326
275119
15.
Thyrocopa kanaloa
sp. nov.
(
Figs. 32
,
81
)
Holotype
:
UNITED STATES
: HAWAII:
Kahoolawe
: Kealaikahiki, Keana Keiki beach: 1 3 (slide 08A54),
21 Oct 2008
, M.J. Medeiros (
BPBM
).
Paratypes
:
UNITED STATES
: HAWAII:
Kahoolawe
: Kealaikahiki, Keana Keiki beach: 2 3,
21
Oct 2008, M.J. Medeiros (
BPBM
).
Diagnosis
: The only other
Thyrocopa
found on Kahoolawe,
T. epicapna
, can be separated from
T. kanaloa
by its much more shallowly cleft uncus.
Description
:
Head
: Scales mottled very light brown to black. Antenna ca. 0.8x forewing length; very dense, very short, piliform cilia on ventral side of flagellomere on male, female unknown. Labial palpus mottled very light brown to black; third segment ca. 1.0–1.2x length of second.
Thorax
: Mottled very light brown to black. Forewing length
7–8 mm
; ground color mottled very light brown to black; discal area sometimes with one or more very small, faint black spots in cell. Hindwing very light brown.
Abdomen
: Dark brown. Male genitalia (
Fig. 81
) with uncus moderately apically cleft; sacculus long, with sharp, scooped-out appearing tip. Female genitalia unknown.
Food plants
: Unknown.
Flight period
: At least October.
Distribution
: Kahoolawe.
Remarks
: The three male specimens were collected on a single night in
October 2008
.
Etymology
: This species in named after the Hawaiian god
Kanaloa
, the deity of Kahoolawe.