A new species of flightless, jumping, alpine moth of the genus Thyrocopa from Hawaii (Lepidoptera: Xyloryctidae: Xyloryctinae)
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A new species of brachypterous, flightless, jumping alpine Thyrocopa moth, T. kikaelekea, is described from Hawaii Island. This new species is similar to T. apatela (Walsingham), another flightless species from Maui Island. Thyrocopa kikaelekea is hypothesized not to be the sister taxon to T. apatela, instead representing an independent loss of flight.
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Two new endemic Hawai'ian Lepidoptera: a new species of Pseudoschrankia (Erebidae) from O'ahu, and a new species of Thyrocopa (Xyloryctidae) from Moloka'i.
Two new endemic Hawai'ian Lepidoptera species are herein described. The first, Pseudoschrankia brevipalpis sp. nov., is a pollinator of the rare endemic plant Schiedea kaalae Wawra. The second, Thyrocopa keliae sp. nov., is endemic to Moloka'i island. Observations of undescribed parasitic mites that attack Hawai'ian Lepidoptera are presented as well.
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تاریخ انتشار 2008