Megalotica aphoristis

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

Megalotica aphoristis is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is endemic to Hawaii.

It has a bronzy-brown coloration.

Perkins (1913) noted that this species has been recorded flying during the day and has habits rather similar to those of Megalotica holombra.

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