Tritocleis microphylla: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Geometridae
- Genus
- Tritocleis
- Species
- Tritocleis microphylla
- Scientific Name
- Tritocleis microphylla
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Tritocleis
Tritocleis is monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Edward Meyrick in 1899. Its only species, Tritocleis microphylla, the ʻOlaʻa peppered looper moth, described by the same author in the same year, is now extinct.
It was endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.
The wingspan was about 20 mm.
...Tritocleis microphylla in languages:
- English
- ʻOlaʻa Peppered Looper Moth