Hyposmocoma bitincta

Hyposmocoma bitincta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Hyposmocoma
Species: H. bitincta
Binomial name
Hyposmocoma bitincta
(Walsingham, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Aphthonetus bitincta Walsingham, 1907

Hyposmocoma bitincta is a species of moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is endemic to Maui and is possibly also present on Kauai and Oahu.

Larvae have been found in dead bark of Acacia koa.

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