Hyposmocoma terminella is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Maui. The type locality is Haleakalā, where it was collected at an elevation of 5,000 feet (1,500 m).
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Illustrations in Fauna Hawaiiensis: 1. Hyposmocoma terminella, 2. Hyposmocoma semicolon, 3. Hyposmocoma subeburneum | |
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Species: | H. terminella
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Hyposmocoma terminella (Walsingham, 1907)
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External links
edit- Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.