Biology:Hyposmocoma opuulaau
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Short description: Species of moth
| Hyposmocoma opuulaau | |
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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. opuulaau
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| Binomial name | |
| Hyposmocoma opuulaau P. Schmitz & Rubinoff, 2011
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Hyposmocoma opuulaau is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is endemic to Maui.
The wingspan is 6.9–8.5 mm for males and 8.6–8.9 mm for females.
The larvae live in a larval case which has the form of an elongate cone-shaped structure which is decorated with beige, brown, and black bits of sand and dried vegetation woven with silk filaments on the dorsal half of the case. It is bicolored, pale gray to silver and smooth ventrally.[1]
Etymology
The specific name is derived from the Hawaiian, ‘ōpu‘u (meaning cone) and lā‘au (meaning tree) and refers to the type of case and habitat of this species.
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hyposmocoma opuulaau. |
Wikidata ☰ Q5960747 entry
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