Hyposmocoma trivitella
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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. trivitella
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| Binomial name | |
| Hyposmocoma trivitella (Swezey, 1913)
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Hyposmocoma trivitella is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It was first described by Otto Swezey in 1913. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Kauai. The type locality is Haleakalā.
Original description of larva and pupa
[edit]Full-grown larva 8 mm; dirty whitish yellow; head very pale brownish, much retracted into segment prothorax; eyes dark brown; cervical shield concolorous; tubercles concolorous. Pupa 7 mm., light yellowish-brown; eyes black; wing-sheaths and antennae-sheaths extend to apex of seventh abdominal segment; a cluster of bristles at apex of abdomen hooked into silk cocoon. The pupa is formed within the mine in a slight cocoon covered with pellets of frass.
— Otto Swezey, 1913
External links
[edit]- Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.
- Species information
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