Hyposmocoma longisquamella

Hyposmocoma longisquamella
Scientific classification
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 Cosmopterigidae family. It is endemic to Hawaii. The type locality is Kona, where it was collected on an altitude of 4,000 feet.

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