Tritocleis is monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Edward Meyrick in 1899. Its only species, Tritocleis microphylla, the ʻOlaʻa peppered looper moth, described by the same author in the same year, is now extinct.[1]
| ʻOlaʻa peppered looper moth | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | †Tritocleis Meyrick, 1899 |
| Species: | †T. microphylla
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| Binomial name | |
| †Tritocleis microphylla Meyrick, 1899
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It was endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.
The wingspan was about 20 mm.
References
edit- ^ a b World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Tritocleis microphylla". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T22209A9365407. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T22209A9365407.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
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