Scotorythra goniastis
| Scotorythra goniastis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Scotorythra |
| Species: | S. goniastis |
| Binomial name | |
| Scotorythra goniastis | |
Scotorythra goniastis is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1899. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Maui and Hawaii.
References
- ^ Meyrick, E. (1899). "Scotorythra goniastis, sp. nov.". Macrolepidoptera. Fauna Hawaiiensis. Vol. 1 (2). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 180–181.
Further reading
- Meyrick, E. (1900). "New Hawaiian Lepidoptera". The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 36 (438): 258.
To this species also I now refer without doubt the specimen (of unknown locality) formerly assigned by me as the ♀ of S. goniastis.
- Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). "Scotorythra goniastis". Macrolepidoptera. Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 7. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. p. 96. hdl:10125/7336.