Hyposmocoma hooilo, Doorenweerd & Austin & Rubinoff & n & n & n & n & n, 2023

Doorenweerd, Camiel, Austin, Kyhl A., Rubinoff, Daniel, n, sp., n, sp., n, sp., n, sp. & n, sp., 2017, Small survivors: unexpected endemic diversity of Hyposmocoma (Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae) moths on Kaho olawe, a degraded Hawaiian island, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (Zool. J. Linn. Soc.) 180 (3), pp. 570-592 : 577

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https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12493

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C4526D-0333-A040-0296-26BCFA57F83B

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scientific name

Hyposmocoma hooilo
status

sp. nov.

NEW HYPOSMOCOMA FROM KAHOʻOLAWE ISLAND 577

ductus seminalis situated at posterior end of corpus survived on all the islands, even Laysan Atoll in bursae. the far north-west, suggesting a tolerance for dry, flat habitats. It is possible that this larva is a Etymology: Hyposmocoma hooilo , from the Hawaiian scavenger.

hoʻoilo (to sprout/winter season of regrowth), so named because the presumed larval case of this Distribution: Known only from Kahoʻolawe Island, species resembles a seed, and Kahoʻolawe is Hawai i, where it is presumed to be endemic. recovering in response to ecological restoration efforts. HYPOSMOCOMA KAMAULA MEDEIROS, HAINES & RUBINOFF SP. NOV. ( FIGS 3C View Figure 3 , 4C View Figure 4 , 5B View Figure 5 ) Biology: Based on its position in the phylogenetic tree, we expect larvae of H. hooilo to construct ‘flat purse’ case types, based on the sister clade that Material examined: HOLOTYPE: HI: Kahoʻolawe:

makes this case type. Flat purses seem to have Kaukaukapapa, 20 32 0 7 00 N, 156 41 0 36 00 W. ♀, 5.iii.2013,

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