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
3.
Thyrocopa
species C near
seminatella
(
Figs. 52
,
95
)
This small series of specimens is very close to
T. seminatella
, but they have much darker wings and an orange spot in the discal cell.
Material examined:
UNITED STATES
: HAWAII:
Kauai
: 1600’ [
488 m
], Haupu Ridge: 3 3 (slide MJM4 & MJM44),
24 Nov 1978
, S.L. Montgomery (
BPBM
); Olokele Canyon: 1 3 (slide 50),
20 Feb 1919
, J.A. Kusche (
BPBM
).