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Hyposmocoma bitincta

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Hyposmocoma bitincta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Hyposmocoma
Species:
H. bitincta
Binomial name
Hyposmocoma bitincta
(Walsingham, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Aphthonetus bitincta Walsingham, 1907

Hyposmocoma bitincta is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Maui and is possibly also present on Kauai and Oahu.

Larvae have been found in dead bark of Acacia koa.

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  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.