Hyposmocoma lignivora
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Hyposmocoma |
| Species: | H. lignivora
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| Binomial name | |
| Hyposmocoma lignivora (Butler, 1879)
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Hyposmocoma lignivora is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1879. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Oahu and Molokai. This is a common and widely distributed moth on Oahu.
This was the first endemic species of Hawaiian microlepidoptera to be described.
External links
[edit]- Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.
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