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Hyposmocoma

Description

Hyposmocoma is a genus of moths with more 350 species endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. The genus was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881. Most species of Hyposmocoma have plant-based diets, but four species, such as Hyposmocoma molluscivora, eat snails. The caterpillars spin silk, which they then use to capture and eat snails. These are the first caterpillars known to eat snails (or mollusks of any kind).


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4300669https://www.gbif.org/species/4300669
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Lepidoptera : Cosmopterigidae : Hyposmocoma
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-CercofilataKukalová-Peck 1987
classInsectaLinnaeus 1758
-Dicondylia
-ParanotaliaSroka et al. 2014
subclassPterygotaBrauer 1885
-NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
-Holometabola
-Aparaglossata
-Mecopterida
superorderAmphiesmenopteraKiriakoff 1948
orderLepidopteraLinnaeus 1758
familyCosmopterigidae
genusHyposmocomaButler 1881
Scientific NameHyposmocoma Butler, 1881
Name Published InAnn. Mag. nat. Hist., (5)7(40): 399
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyposmocoma

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Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Hyposmocoma adelphella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma admirationis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma adolescens
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma advena
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma albifrontella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma albonivea
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma alliterata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma alticola
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma anisoplecta
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma arenella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma argentea
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma argentifera
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma argomacha
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma arundinicolor
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma aspersa
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma atrovittella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma auripennis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma auroargentea
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma auropurpurea
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma bacillella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma barbata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma bella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma belophora
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma bilineata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma blackburnii
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma brevistrigata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma butalidella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma caecinervis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma calva
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma canella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma carbonenotata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma carnea
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma carnivora
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma centralis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma centronoma
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma chilonella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma chloraula
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma cincta
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma cinereosparsa
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma commensella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma communis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma conditella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma confusa
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma continuella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma coprosmae
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma corvina
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma costimaculata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma cristata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma crossotis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma cryptogamiella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma cupreomaculata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma digressa
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma discella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma discolor
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma divisa
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma domicolens
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma dorsella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma eepawai
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma ekaha
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma ekemamao
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma elegantula
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma emendata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma empedota
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma empertra
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma endryas
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma enixa
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma ensifer
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma epicharis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma erismatias
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma evanescens
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma exornata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma fallacella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma falsimella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma fervida
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma filicivora
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma fractinubella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma fractistriata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma fractivittella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma fulvida
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma fulvocervina
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma fulvogrisea
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma fuscopurpurata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma fuscopurpurea
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma fuscotogata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma geminella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma genitalis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma hemicasis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma humerovittella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma hygroscopa
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma illuminata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma impunctata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma indicella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma inflexa
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma insinuatrix
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma intermixta
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma inversella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma iodes
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma irregularis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma jugifera
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma kahaiao
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma kahamanoa
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma kaupo
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma kikokolu
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma labetella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma lacertella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma lactea
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma lacticretella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma latiflua
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma laysanensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma leporella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma limata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma lineata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma liturata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma lixiviella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma longisquamella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma longitudinalis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma lucifer
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma ludificata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma lugens
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma lunifer
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma lupella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma mactella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma maestella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma malacopa
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma malornata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma margella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma marginenotata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma mediella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma mediospurcata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma memo
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma menehune
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma mesorectis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma metallica
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma metrosiderella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma mimema
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma mimica
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma modesta
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma mokumana
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma montivolans
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma mystodoxa
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma neckerensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma nephelodes
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma niger
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma nigralbida
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma nigrescens
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma nigrodentata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma nihoa
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma nipholoncha
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma niveiceps
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma nividorsella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma notabilis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma numida
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma obliterata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma ocellata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma ochreocervina
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma ochreociliata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma ochreovittella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma oculifera
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma opuumaloo
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma ossea
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma oxypetra
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma pallidipalpis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma palmivora
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma papahanau
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma papaiili
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma paradoxa
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma partita
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma patriciella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma persimilis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma petalifera
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma petroptilota
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma petroscia
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma phalacra
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma phantasmatella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma pharsotoma
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma philocharis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma picticornis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma pittospori
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma progressa
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma prophantis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma propinqua
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma psaroderma
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma pseudolita
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma pucciniella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma punctifumella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma punctiplicata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma pupumoehewa
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma quadristriata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma quinquemaculata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma radiatella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma rhabdophora
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma roseofulva
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma rubescens
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma sabulella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma saccophora
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma saliaris
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma scandens
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma scepticella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma schismatica
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma scolopax
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma semifuscata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma semiusta
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma sideritis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma similis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma somatodes
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma stigmatella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma straminella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma subargentea
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma subcitrella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma subflavidella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma sublimata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma subnitida
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma suborella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma subscolopax
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma subsericea
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma swezeyi
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma syrrhaptes
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma tarsimaculata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma tenuipalpis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma tetraonella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma thermoxyla
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma thiatma
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma thoracella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma tigrina
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma tomentosa
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma torella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma torquata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma tricincta
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma trifasciata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma trilunella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma trimaculata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma trimelanota
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma tripartita
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma triptila
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma trossulella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma turdella
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma uhauiole
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma unicolor
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma unistriata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma vermiculata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma vicina
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma vinicolor
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma virgata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Hyposmocoma wailua
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

References

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 965 Hyposmocoma Butler, 1881 (Insecta, Lepidoptera): validation of emendation from Hyposmochoma.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 28(3/4), 79-80 (1971) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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