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.

Caterpillar of a Scotorythra species

Scotorythra
Extinct Scotorythra megalophylla (female)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Scotorythra Butler, 1883
Synonyms
Sisyrophyta Meyrick, 1899 Nesochlide Perkins, 1901 Acrodrepanis Perkins, 1901[1]

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

1. 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 27 November 2019.

• Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. 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.