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