Hyposmocoma opuumaloo
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Hyposmocoma opuumaloo is a species of moth
of the Cosmopterigidae
family. It is endemic to Necker Island
. The type locality is Flagpole Hill.
The wingspan
is 8.9–9.1 mm.
The larval case is cone-shaped and 6.7–7.1 mm in length. It is small and thin and decorated with bits of sand woven with silk filaments. The operculum is decorated with small pebbles. The case background color ranges from gray to brown.
Adults were reared from case-making larvae. Larvae were collected on the ground.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Cosmopterigidae
Cosmopterigidae
Cosmopterigidae is a family of insects in the Lepidoptera order. These are small moths with narrow wings whose tiny larvae feed internally on the leaves, seeds, stems, etc of their host plants. There are about 1,500 described species...
family. It is endemic to Necker Island
Necker Island
Necker Island is a small island in the Pacific Ocean, north of the Tropic of Cancer, located at . It is part of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, located northwest of Nihoa and northwest of Honolulu, and is part of the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge within the Northwestern Hawaiian...
. The type locality is Flagpole Hill.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is 8.9–9.1 mm.
The larval case is cone-shaped and 6.7–7.1 mm in length. It is small and thin and decorated with bits of sand woven with silk filaments. The operculum is decorated with small pebbles. The case background color ranges from gray to brown.
Adults were reared from case-making larvae. Larvae were collected on the ground.