Hyposmocoma trivitella is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It was first described by Otto Swezey in 1913. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Kauai. The type locality is Haleakalā.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Hyposmocoma |
| Species: | H. trivitella
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| Hyposmocoma trivitella (Swezey, 1913)
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Original description of larva and pupa
editFull-grown larva 8 mm; dirty whitish yellow; head very pale brownish, much retracted into segment prothorax; eyes dark brown; cervical shield concolorous; tubercles concolorous. Pupa 7 mm., light yellowish-brown; eyes black; wing-sheaths and antennae-sheaths extend to apex of seventh abdominal segment; a cluster of bristles at apex of abdomen hooked into silk cocoon. The pupa is formed within the mine in a slight cocoon covered with pellets of frass.
— Otto Swezey, 1913
External links
edit- Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.
- Species information
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