Prumnopitys taxifolia, the mataī or black pine, is an endemic New Zealand coniferous tree that grows on the North Island and South Island. It also occurs on Stewart Island/Rakiura but is uncommon there.
The Amur bitterling is a small fish of the carp family. It is sometimes just called "bitterling", which dates back to the time when the European bitterling was still considered conspecific with R. sericeus, and "bitterling" properly refers to any species in entire genus Rhodeus. The Amur bitterling is found in Siberia, while the European bitterling is found from European Russia westwards.
Macrodontia cervicornis, also known as the sabertooth longhorn beetle, is one of the largest beetles, if one allows for the enormous mandibles of the males, from which it derives both of the names in its binomen: Macrodontia means "long tooth", and cervicornis means "deer antler". Measurements of insect length normally exclude legs, jaws, or horns, but if jaws are included, the longest known specimen of M. cervicornis is 17.7 cm; the longest known specimen of Dynastes hercules, a beetle species with enormous horns, is 17.5 cm, and the longest known beetle excluding either jaws or horns is Titanus giganteus, at 16.7 cm.
This article is a list of biological species, subspecies, and evolutionary significant units that are known to have become extinct during the Holocene, the current geologic epoch, ordered by their known or approximate date of disappearance from oldest to most recent.
The chestnut casebearer moth is a species of moth in the family Coleophoridae. It is endemic to the United States, where it is found in Indiana, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. It is a highly specialized species, its larvae feed specifically on the leaves of the American Chestnut. It was thought the species became extinct when many American chestnut trees died due to an infection of the fungus Cryphonectria parasitica, which was accidentally introduced from Asia around 1900. However, this species was rediscovered.
The phleophagan chestnut moth was a species of moth in the family Nepticulidae. It was endemic to the United States, where it was known from Virginia.
The prairie sphinx moth or Wiest's primrose sphinx is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae. It is found in the Western United States. The habitat consists of sand washes and prairie blow-outs.
The Laysan dropseed noctuid moth was a species of moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Otto Herman Swezey in 1914. This species is now extinct.
The Hilo noctuid moth was a moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Otto Herman Swezey in 1912. It was endemic to the island of Hawaii and is now extinct.
The Kaholuamano noctuid moth is an extinct moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1928. It was endemic to the Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi, but is now considered extinct.
Tritocleis is monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Edward Meyrick in 1899. Its only species, Tritocleis microphylla, the ʻOlaʻa peppered looper moth, described by the same author in the same year, is now extinct.
Phyllococcus oahuensis is an extinct species of mealybug in the family Pseudococcidae, and the only species in the genus Phyllococcus. It was endemic to Hawaii.
Euphorbia mayurnathanii is a species of plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It was endemic to the Palghat Gap in India, but is now believed to be extinct in the wild. It still exists in cultivation, but international trade is controlled as it is included on Appendix II of CITES.
Zimmermannia bosquella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky in the United States. It is now classified as conspecific with the American chestnut moth, which was formerly considered as extinct.
Euphorbia remyi is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is known by the common name Remy's sandmat locally as ʻakoko. It is endemic to the island of Kauaʻi in Hawaii, where it grows in mixed mesic forests, wet forests and bogs from 150 to 900 m.
