Megalotica aphoristis

Megalotica aphoristis is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1899. It is endemic to the island of Hawaii.

Megalotica aphoristis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Genus:
Megalotica
Species:
M. aphoristis
Binomial name
Megalotica aphoristis
(Meyrick, 1899)
Synonyms
  • Hydriomena aphoristis Meyrick, 1899

It has a bronzy-brown coloration.

Robert Cyril Layton Perkins (1913) noted that this species has been recorded flying during the day and has habits rather similar to those of Megalotica holombra.

  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 7 Macrolepidoptera. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7336.


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