Hyposmocoma sordidella
| Hyposmocoma sordidella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Hyposmocoma |
| Species: | H. sordidella |
| Binomial name | |
| Hyposmocoma sordidella (Walsingham, 1907) | |
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Hyposmocoma sordidella is a species of moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is endemic to Kauai.
This species displays one of the most singular characters yet to be reported on the wings of Lepidoptera. On the forewing, vein 3 has become free from the membrane and has been developed as a thornlike process which protrudes from the scaling on the underside of the wing.
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