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Hyposmocoma ekaha

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Hyposmocoma ekaha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Hyposmocoma
Species:
H. ekaha
Binomial name
Hyposmocoma ekaha
Swezey, 1910
Synonyms
  • Euhyposmocoma ekaha
  • Euhyposmocoma akaha Swezey, 1915 (misspelling)
  • Euhyposmocoma asplenii T. B. Fletcher, 1929

Hyposmocoma ekaha is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It was first described by Otto Herman Swezey in 1910. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Oahu. The type locality is the Halawa Valley.

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