Hyposmocoma ochreocervina
Hyposmocoma ochreocervina is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907.
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| Illustrations in Fauna Hawaiiensis: 15. Hyposmocoma sideritis, 16. Hyposmocoma obscura, 17. Hyposmocoma scandens, 18. Hyposmocoma maestella, 19. Hyposmocoma fulvocervina, 20. Hyposmocoma carnea, 21. Hyposmocoma roseofulva, 22. Hyposmocoma subsericea, 23. Hyposmocoma ochreocervina, 24. Hyposmocoma syrrhaptes, 25. Hyposmocoma paradoxa, 26. Hyposmocoma mimema, 27. Hyposmocoma bella, 28. Hyposmocoma rusius | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Hyposmocoma |
| Species: | H. ochreocervina |
| Binomial name | |
| Hyposmocoma ochreocervina Walsingham, 1907 | |
It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Oahu. The type locality ìs the Waianae Range, where it was collected at an elevation of 3,000 feet (910 m).
The food plant is unknown, but the moths were found on Metrosideros.
External links
- Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.
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