Hyposmocoma pittospori

Hyposmocoma pittospori
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Hyposmocoma
Species: H. pittospori
Binomial name
Hyposmocoma pittospori
(Swezey, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Semnoprepia pittospori Swezey, 1920
  • Diplosara pittospori

Hyposmocoma pittospori is a species of moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is endemic to Oahu. The type locality is Kuliouou.

The larvae feed on Pittosporum. It has been collected only as larvae in dead wood of Pittosporum at Kuliouou Valley, Oahu. Adults were reared.

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