Hyposmocoma pritchardiae
Hyposmocoma pritchardiae is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It was first described by Otto Swezey in 1933. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Kauai. The type locality is Kumuwela.
| Hyposmocoma pritchardiae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Hyposmocoma |
| Species: | H. pritchardiae |
| Binomial name | |
| Hyposmocoma pritchardiae (Swezey, 1933) | |
| Synonyms | |
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The larvae feed on Pritchardia eriophora.
References
External links
- Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.
- Schmitz, Patrick; Rubinoff, Daniel (2009). "New species of Hyposmocoma (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae) from the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands of Laysan, Necker, and Nihoa". Zootaxa. 2272: 37–53. doi:10.5281/zenodo.190995.
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