Thyrocopa indecora

Thyrocopa indecora is a moth of the family Xyloryctidae. It was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Oahu, Maui and Hawaii.

Thyrocopa indecora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Xyloryctidae
Genus:	Thyrocopa
Species:	T. indecora
Binomial name
Thyrocopa indecora (Butler, 1881)
Synonyms
Depressaria indecora Butler, 1881 Depressaria lactea Butler, 1881 Thyrocopa lactea Depressaria argentea Butler, 1881 Thyrocopa argentea Thyrocopa tessellatella Walsingham, 1907

The length of the forewings is 7–15 mm.

External links

• Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.
• Medeiros, Matthew J. (2009). "A revision of the endemic Hawaiian genus Thyrocopa (Lepidoptera: Xyloryctidae: Xyloryctinae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2202: 1–47. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2202.1.1.