Hyposmocoma makawao
| Hyposmocoma makawao | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Hyposmocoma |
| Species: | H. makawao |
| Binomial name | |
| Hyposmocoma makawao Kawahara & Rubinoff, 2012 | |
Hyposmocoma makawao is a species of moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known only from the Makawao Forest Reserve on Maui.
Larval case
The length of the forewings is 4.8 millimetres (0.19 in) for males and 4.9 millimetres (0.19 in) for females. Adults differ from any other species in the Hyposmocoma genus, since no other species has a single, thick, transverse orange band near the base of the forewing.[1]
The larval case is 4.1–5.0 millimetres (0.16–0.20 in) in length and 1.2–1.6 millimetres (0.047–0.063 in) wide, smooth with banding that follows the length of the case. Two wide, dark bands form a V-shape that crosses over the central region of the case.
Etymology
The species is named makawao after its type locality, Makawao Forest Reserve, Maui.
References
- ↑ Akito Y. Kawahara and Daniel Rubinoff (2012). "Three new species of Fancy Case caterpillars from threatened forests of Hawaii (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae, Hyposmocoma)" 170. ZooKeys: 1–20. doi:10.3897/zookeys.170.1428. PMC 3288677. PMID 22408378.
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