Hyposmocoma trifasciata

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Hyposmocoma trifasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Hyposmocoma
Species: H. trifasciata
Binomial name
Hyposmocoma trifasciata
(Swezey, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Petrochroa trifasciata Swezey, 1915

Hyposmocoma trifasciata is a species of moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is endemic to Hawaii. The type locality is Laupahoehoe.

The larvae probably feed on lichens. It was reared from a larval case found on rocks at the top of a sea-cliff. The larval case is about 3 mm, long, oval, of white silk covered with minute particles of sand and dirt.

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