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Scotorythra megalophylla Meyrick, 1899

Kona giant looper moth

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Acrodrepanis megalophylla Meyrick, 1899; Scotorhythra megalophylla Meyrick, 1899

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: 1900's (source)

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.

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.

 

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