Hyposmocoma montivolans
| Hyposmocoma montivolans | |
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| Illustrations in Fauna Hawaiiensis: 1. Hyposmocoma auropurpurea, 2. Hyposmocoma inversella, 3. Hyposmocoma vinicolor, 4. Hyposmocoma adelphella, 5. Hyposmocoma metrosiderella, 6. Hyposmocoma similis, 7. Hyposmocoma calva, 8. Hyposmocoma tarsimaculata, 9. Hyposmocoma ochreociliata, 10. Hyposmocoma malornata, 11. Hyposmocoma quinquemaculata, 12. Hyposmocoma conditella, 13. Hyposmocoma montivolans, 14. Hyposmocoma iodes | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Hyposmocoma |
| Species: | H. montivolans |
| Binomial name | |
| Hyposmocoma montivolans (Butler, 1882) | |
Hyposmocoma montivolans is a species of moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is endemic to Oahu. The type locality are the mountains near Honolulu.
The larvae probably feed on lichens on rocks. They live in a silk-lined accumulation of frass. The case is slightly pointed toward its anal extremity, the opening at the anterior end being large and straight.