Hyposmocoma unicolor

Hyposmocoma unicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Hyposmocoma
Species: H. unicolor
Binomial name
Hyposmocoma unicolor
(Walsingham, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Hyperdasys unicolor Walsingham, 1907
  • Hyperdasyella unicolor

Hyposmocoma unicolor is a species of moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is endemic to Molokai and possibly Kauai and Oahu.

Larvae of what were considered to be this species were discovered in the dead wood of Acacia koa, Alectryon, Bidens, Cheirodendron, Clermontia, Elaeocarpus bifidus, Freycinetia, Diospyros and Wikstroemia. All of the hostplant records are from Dr. Swezey, and may include details of more than one species.

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