Hyposmocoma lignivora

Hyposmocoma lignivora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Hyposmocoma
Species:
H. lignivora
Binomial name
Hyposmocoma lignivora
(Butler, 1879)
Synonyms
  • Diplosara lignivora
  • Scardia lignivora Butler, 1879

Hyposmocoma lignivora is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1879. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Oahu and Molokai. This is a common and widely distributed moth on Oahu.

This was the first endemic species of Hawaiian microlepidoptera to be described.

  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.


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