Scotorythra nesiotes

Koʻolau Giant Looper Moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: 'Boarmiini
Genus: Scotorythra
Species: S. nesiotes
Binomial name
Scotorythra nesiotes
(Perkins, 1901)
Synonyms
  • Acrodrepanis nesiotes Perkins, 1901

The Koʻolau Giant Looper Moth (Scotorythra nesiotes) was a species of moth in the Geometridae family. It was endemic to Oahu, the Hawaiian Islands.

It had a wingspan of about 49 mm.

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