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Hyposmocoma nihoa

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Species of moth

Hyposmocoma nihoa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Hyposmocoma
Species: H. nihoa
Binomial name
Hyposmocoma nihoa
Schmitz and Rubinoff, 2009

Hyposmocoma nihoa is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is endemic to Nihoa, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The type locality is Miller Canyon.

The wingspan is 6.3–7.6 mm.

The larval case is burrito-shaped and 3.4–4.8 mm in length.

Adults were reared from case-making larvae. Larvae were collected on small bushes and rocks.

References

  1. ^ Schmitz, Patrick; Rubinoff, Daniel (2009). "New species of Hyposmocoma (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae) from the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands of Laysan, Necker, and Nihoa" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2272: 37–53. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2272.1.3. S2CID 14669761.
Taxon identifiers
Hyposmocoma nihoa


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