- Tritocleis microphylla
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ʻOlaʻa Peppered Looper Moth Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Geometridae Genus: Tritocleis
Meyrick, 1899Species: T. microphylla Binomial name Tritocleis microphylla
Meyrick, 1899The ʻOlaʻa Peppered Looper Moth (Tritocleis microphylla) was a moth species of the family Geometridae. Its genus Tritocleis is monotypic.[citation needed]
It was endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, but is extinct nowadays.
The wingspan is about 20 mm.
Source
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Tritocleis microphylla. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 31 July 2007.
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