Hyposmocoma trifasciata
| Hyposmocoma trifasciata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Hyposmocoma |
| Species: | H. trifasciata |
| Binomial name | |
| Hyposmocoma trifasciata (Swezey, 1915) | |
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Hyposmocoma trifasciata is a species of moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is endemic to Hawaii. The type locality is Laupahoehoe.
The larvae probably feed on lichens. It was reared from a larval case found on rocks at the top of a sea-cliff. The larval case is about 3 mm, long, oval, of white silk covered with minute particles of sand and dirt.
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