Hyposmocoma tantala
Hyposmocoma tantala is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known only from Mount Tantalus on Oahu.
Larval case
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The length of the forewings is 5.5 millimetres (0.22 in) for males and 6.2 millimetres (0.24 in) for females.[1]
The larval case is dark brown, smooth, 9 millimetres (0.35 in) in length and 2 millimetres (0.079 in) wide. Adults were reared from case-making larvae collected on bark of a damp dead tree covered partially with lichen.
Etymology
The species is named tantala after Mount Tantalus, from where the type specimen was collected.
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References
- Akito Y. Kawahara; Daniel Rubinoff (2012). "Three new species of Fancy Case caterpillars from threatened forests of Hawaii (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae, Hyposmocoma)". 170. ZooKeys: 1–20. doi:10.3897/zookeys.170.1428. PMC 3288677. PMID 22408378. Cite journal requires
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