Tritocleis microphylla

ʻOlaʻa Peppered Looper Moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Tritocleis
Meyrick, 1899
Species: T. microphylla
Binomial name
Tritocleis microphylla
Meyrick, 1899

The ʻOlaʻa Peppered Looper Moth (Tritocleis microphylla) was a moth species of the family Geometridae. Its genus Tritocleis is monotypic.

It was endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, but is extinct nowadays.

The wingspan is about 20 mm.

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