Hyposmocoma nihoa

Hyposmocoma nihoa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cosmopterigidae
Genus:	Hyposmocoma
Species:	H. nihoa
Binomial name
	Hyposmocoma nihoa; Schmitz and Rubinoff, 2009

Hyposmocoma nihoa is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is endemic to Nihoa, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The type locality is Miller Canyon.

The wingspan is 6.3–7.6 mm.^[1]

The larval case is burrito-shaped and 3.4–4.8 mm in length. It is large and rounded with a curved pointed distal end and decorated with lichens woven with silk filaments. The case background color ranges from green to gray.^[1]

Adults were reared from case-making larvae. Larvae were collected on small bushes and rocks.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c Schmitz, Patrick; Rubinoff, Daniel (2009). "New species of Hyposmocoma (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae) from the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands of Laysan, Necker, and Nihoa" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2272: 37–53. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2272.1.3.

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[:0-1] Schmitz, Patrick; Rubinoff, Daniel (2009). "New species of Hyposmocoma (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae) from the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands of Laysan, Necker, and Nihoa" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2272: 37–53. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2272.1.3.

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