Scotorythra

Scotorythra is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1883. All species of this genus are endemic to Hawaii.

Scotorythra
Extinct Scotorythra megalophylla (female)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Tribe:	Boarmiini
Genus:	Scotorythra Butler, 1883
Synonyms
Sisyrophyta Meyrick, 1899 Nesochlide Perkins, 1901 Acrodrepanis Perkins, 1901

Caterpillar of a Scotorythra species

Species

• Scotorythra anagraptis Meyrick, 1899
• Scotorythra apicalis Swezey, 1948
• Scotorythra arboricolans Butler, 1883
• Scotorythra artemidora Meyrick, 1899
• Scotorythra brunnea (Warren, 1896)
• Scotorythra capnopa Meyrick, 1899
• Scotorythra caryopis Meyrick, 1899
• Scotorythra corticea (Butler, 1881)
• Scotorythra crocorrhoa Meyrick, 1928
• Scotorythra demetrias Meyrick, 1899
• Scotorythra diceraunia Meyrick, 1900
• Scotorythra dissotis Meyrick, 1904
• Scotorythra epicyma Meyrick, 1899
• Scotorythra epixantha (Perkins, 1901)
• Scotorythra euryphaea Meyrick, 1899
• Scotorythra gomphias (Meyrick, 1899)
• Scotorythra goniastis Meyrick, 1899
• Scotorythra hecataea Meyrick, 1899
• Scotorythra hyparcha Meyrick, 1899
• Scotorythra kuschei Swezey, 1940
• Scotorythra leptias Meyrick, 1904
• Scotorythra macrosoma Meyrick, 1899
• Scotorythra megalophylla Meyrick, 1899
• Scotorythra metacrossa Meyrick, 1904
• Scotorythra nephelosticta Meyrick, 1899
• Scotorythra nesiotes (Perkins, 1901)
• Scotorythra ochetias (Meyrick, 1899)
• Scotorythra ortharcha Meyrick, 1899
• Scotorythra oxyphractis Meyrick, 1899
• Scotorythra pachyspila Meyrick, 1899
• Scotorythra paludicola (Butler, 1879)
• Scotorythra paratactis Meyrick, 1904
• Scotorythra platycapna Meyrick, 1899
• Scotorythra rara (Butler, 1879)
• Scotorythra trachyopis Meyrick, 1899
• Scotorythra trapezias Meyrick, 1899
• Scotorythra triscia Meyrick, 1899

The following species are believed to be extinct:

• Kona giant looper moth (Scotorythra megalophylla)
• Koʻolau giant looper moth (Scotorythra nesiotes)
• Hawaiian hopseed looper moth (Scotorythra paratactis)

References

• Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 7 Macrolepidoptera. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7336.
• Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Scotorythra​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved February 8, 2019.