Hyposmocoma abjecta
| Hyposmocoma abjecta | |
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| Illustrations in Fauna Hawaiiensis: 15. Hyposmocoma nebulifera, 16. Hyposmocoma torquata, 17. Hyposmocoma notabilis, 18. Hyposmocoma lebetella, 19. Hyposmocoma tenuipalpis, 20. Hyposmocoma commensella, 21. Hyposmocoma leporella, 22. Hyposmocoma abjecta, 23. Hyposmocoma blackburnii, 24. Hyposmocoma cupreomaculata, 25. Hyposmocoma progressa, 26. Hyposmocoma domicolens, 27. Hyposmocoma suffusa, 28. Hyposmocoma lupella | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Hyposmocoma |
| Species: | H. abjecta |
| Binomial name | |
| Hyposmocoma abjecta (Butler, 1881) | |
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Hyposmocoma abjecta is a species of moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is endemic to Oahu. The type locality is Haleakala.
The larvae have been recorded on dead Freycinetia and other types of wood. The larva forms a regular elongate oblong-oval, brown case covered with frass and bits of rotten wood.
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