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Hyposmocoma longisquamella

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Hyposmocoma longisquamella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Hyposmocoma
Species:
H. longisquamella
Binomial name
Hyposmocoma longisquamella
(Walsingham, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Elachista longisquamella Walsingham, 1907
  • Petrochroa nigrella Swezey, 1940

Hyposmocoma longisquamella is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907. It is endemic to the island of Hawaii. The type locality is Kona, where it was collected at an elevation of 4,000 feet (1,200 m).

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  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.