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Thyrocopa apatela

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Thyrocopa apatela, the grasshopper moth[1] or Haleakala flightless moth,[2] is a species of brachypterous (flightless) moth from the Hawaiian island of Maui.[3]

Phylum:Arthropoda
Clade:Pancrustacea
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
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Thyrocopa apatela
At Haleakala National Park
Maui, Hawaii
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Thyrocopa
Species:
T. apatela
Binomial name
Thyrocopa apatela
(Walsingham, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Hodegia apatela Walsingham, 1907
  • Thyrocopa mediomaculata Walsingham, 1907
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Description

Males and females are both short-winged, and their appearance resembles dried leaves.[4] Similarly, they travel by using the wind[4] and have the ability to hop up to ten times their body length.[5] Both the larvae and adults feed on the endemic shrub Dubautia menziesii.[6]

Habitat

The species gained its common name as it resides on the summit of Haleakala[7] in the Aeolian zone. [8]These moths shelter amongst debris blown by the breeze.[4]It is here as well that they lay eggs and the hatched larvae dwell. [4]

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