Hyposmocoma sordidella

Hyposmocoma sordidella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Hyposmocoma
Species: H. sordidella
Binomial name
Hyposmocoma sordidella
(Walsingham, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Stagmatophora sordidella Walsingham, 1907

Hyposmocoma sordidella is a species of moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is endemic to Kauai.

This species displays one of the most singular characters yet to be reported on the wings of Lepidoptera. On the forewing, vein 3 has become free from the membrane and has been developed as a thornlike process which protrudes from the scaling on the underside of the wing.

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