Scotorythra euryphaea Meyrick, 1899 is a animal in the Geometridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Scotorythra euryphaea Meyrick, 1899

Scotorythra euryphaea Meyrick, 1899

Scotorythra euryphaea is a geometrid moth endemic to four Hawaiian islands, whose larvae likely feed on Metrosideros species.

Family
Genus
Scotorythra
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Scotorythra euryphaea Meyrick, 1899

Scotorythra euryphaea is a moth species that belongs to the family Geometridae. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1899. This species is endemic to Kauai, Oahu, Molokai and Maui, four Hawaiian islands. It is thought that the larvae of this moth feed on plants from the Metrosideros genus.

Photo: (c) James Bailey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by James Bailey · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometridae Scotorythra

More from Geometridae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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