Hyposmocoma ferruginea

Hyposmocoma ferruginea is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It was first described by Otto Swezey in 1915. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Oahu. The type locality is Mount Olympus.

Hyposmocoma ferruginea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Cosmopterigidae
Genus:
Hyposmocoma
Species:
H. ferruginea
Binomial name
Hyposmocoma ferruginea
(Swezey, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Semnoprepia ferruginea Swezey, 1915

The larvae feed on Cheirodendron species. The whitish larvae bore in dead twigs and branches.

Swezey described the pupa as follows:

12 mm; pale reddish brown; antenna-sheaths, wing-sheaths and posterior leg-sheaths extend to near the apex of 5th abdominal segment; segments 4, 5 and 6 movable; cremaster blunt, with 6 or 8 hooked bristles.

— Otto Swezey, 1915:94
  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.


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