Hyposmocoma vicina | |
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Illustrations in Fauna Hawaiiensis: 1. Hyposmocoma canella, 2. Hyposmocoma schismatica, 3. Hyposmocoma cinereosparsa, 4. Hyposmocoma saccophora, 5. Hyposmocoma modesta, 6. Hyposmocoma tomentosa, 7. Hyposmocoma dorsella, 8. Hyposmocoma fallacella, 9. Hyposmocoma falsimella, 10. Hyposmocoma ochreovittelta, 11. Hyposmocoma quadripunctata, 12. Hyposmocoma sudorella, 13. Hyposmocoma vicina, 14. Hyposmocoma fulvida | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
Genus: | Hyposmocoma |
Species: | H. vicina |
Binomial name | |
Hyposmocoma vicina Walsingham, 1907 |
Hyposmocoma vicina is a species of moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is endemic to Oahu. The type locality are the Waianae Mountains, where it was collected on an altitude of 1,700 feet.
It was discovered on the trunks of more or less decayed Acacia koa.