Hyposmocoma auroargentea

Hyposmocoma auroargentea
Illustrations in Fauna Hawaiiensis: 15. Hyposmocoma subflavidella, 16. Hyposmocoma auroargentea, 17. Hyposmocoma illuminata, 18. Hyposmocoma auripennis, 19. Hyposmocoma rhabdophora, 20. Hyposmocoma costimaculata, 21. Hyposmocoma virgata, 22. Hyposmocoma bilineata, 23. Hyposmocoma haleakalae, 24. Hyposmocoma lucifer, 25. Hyposmocoma evanescens, 26. Hyposmocoma ferricolor, 27. Hyposmocoma impunctata, 28. Hyposmocoma straminella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Hyposmocoma
Species: H. auroargentea
Binomial name
Hyposmocoma auroargentea
Walsingham, 1907

Hyposmocoma auroargentea is a species of moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is endemic to Maui. The type locality is Haleakala, where it was collected on an altitude of 5,000 feet and higher.

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