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Scotorythra brunnea

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Scotorythra brunnea is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was first described by William Warren in 1896. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui and Hawaii.

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Scotorythra brunnea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scotorythra
Species:
S. brunnea
Binomial name
Scotorythra brunnea
(Warren, 1896)
Synonyms
  • Scotorythra rara ab. brunnea Warren, 1896
  • Scotorythra brachytarsa Meyrick, 1899
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The wingspan is 40–45 mm.

Larvae have been reared from guava.

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


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