Scotorythra megalophylla Meyrick, 1899
Kona giant looper moth
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Acrodrepanis megalophylla Meyrick, 1899; Scotorhythra megalophylla Meyrick, 1899 [orth. error used by WCMC, 1992:209]
Conservation Status
Extinct (WCMC, 1992:209)
Last record: 1900's (source); early 1900's (WCMC, 1992:209)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Hawaiian Islands, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Meyrick, Edward. (1899). Macrolepidoptera. Fauna Hawaiiensis or the Zoology of the Sandwich (Hawaiian) Isles: ..., vol. 1, part 2. 123-275.
Other references:
Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (eds). 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. pp. 378. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
IUCN. 1990. IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
WCMC (World Conservation Monitoring Centre). (1992). Global Biodiversity: Status of the Earth's living resources. London: Chapman & Hall. xx + 594 pp.
World Conservation Monitoring Centre. (1996). Scotorythra megalophylla. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996: e.T20074A9144387. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T20074A9144387.en. Downloaded on 27 May 2016.