Hyposmocoma makawao

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Hyposmocoma makawao
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Hyposmocoma
Species:
H. makawao
Binomial name
Hyposmocoma makawao

Hyposmocoma makawao is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known only from the Makawao Forest Reserve on Maui.

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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 genus Hyposmocoma , 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.

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References

  1. Akito Y. Kawahara; Daniel Rubinoff (2012). "Three new species of Fancy Case caterpillars from threatened forests of Hawaii (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae, Hyposmocoma)". ZooKeys (170): 1–20. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.170.1428 . PMC   3288677 . PMID   22408378.