Thyrocopa kikaelekea
| Thyrocopa kikaelekea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Thyrocopa |
| Species: | T. kikaelekea
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| Binomial name | |
| Thyrocopa kikaelekea Medeiros, 2008
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Thyrocopa kikaelekea, a species of flightless moth from Hawaii in genus Thyrocopa, was recently discovered by entomologists at University of California, Berkeley and described in a 2008 paper.[1]
The forewing length is 8–11 mm.
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