megalotica, aphoristis, moth, family, geometridae, first, described, edward, meyrick, 1899, endemic, island, hawaii, scientific, classification, kingdom, animalia, phylum, arthropoda, class, insecta, order, lepidoptera, family, geometridae, genus, megalotica, . Megalotica aphoristis is a moth of the family Geometridae It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1899 It is endemic to the island of Hawaii Megalotica aphoristis Scientific classification Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Order Lepidoptera Family Geometridae Genus Megalotica Species M aphoristis Binomial name Megalotica aphoristis Meyrick 1899 Synonyms Hydriomena aphoristis Meyrick 1899 It has a bronzy brown coloration Robert Cyril Layton Perkins 1913 noted that this species has been recorded flying during the day and has habits rather similar to those of Megalotica holombra External links editZimmerman Elwood C 1958 Insects of Hawaii Vol 7 Macrolepidoptera University of Hawaii Press Honolulu hdl 10125 7336 nbsp This Larentiinae moth related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Megalotica aphoristis amp oldid 996849787, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,