Hyposmocoma malornata
| Hyposmocoma malornata | |
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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. malornata |
| Binomial name | |
| Hyposmocoma malornata Walsingham, 1907 | |
Hyposmocoma malornata is a species of moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is endemic to Necker Island, Nihoa, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui and Hawaii. The type locality is Olinda, where it was collected on an altitude of 4,000 feet.
The larva is probably a case-maker, and it may feed on lichens.
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