Category
page 1Hyposmocoma
Hyposmocoma
Hyposmocoma is a genus of moths with more 350 species endemic to the Hawaiian Islands whose larvae are referred to by the common name of Hawaiian fancy case caterpillars. 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). One unnamed species in the genus, dubbed the "bone collector", lives in association with spid
Hyposmocoma molluscivora
species of insect
Hyposmocoma bitincta
species of insect
Hyposmocoma abjecta
species of insect
Euperissus catapyrrha
species of moths
Hyposmocoma fractistriata
species of insect
Hyposmocoma argentea
species of insect
Hyposmocoma adolescens
species of insect
Neelysia agnetella
species of moth
Hyposmocoma auropurpurea
species of insect
Hyposmocoma inversella
species of insect
Hyposmocoma argomacha
species of insect
Hyposmocoma conditella
species of insect
Hyposmocoma subscolopax
species of insect
Hyposmocoma somatodes
species of insect
Hyposmocoma rutilellum
species of insect
Hyposmocoma fuscotogata
species of insect
Hyposmocoma alliterata
species of insect
Hyposmocoma nebulifera
species of insect
Hyposmocoma kaupo
species of lepidopterans
Hyposmocoma calva
species of insect
Hyposmocoma belophora
species of insect
Hyposmocoma auroargentea
species of insect
Hyposmocoma adelphella
Hawaiian species of cosmet moths
Hyposmocoma kikokolu
species of insect
Hyposmocoma nihoa
species of lepidopterans
Hyposmocoma centralis
species of insect
Hyposmocoma discolor
species of insect
Hyposmocoma epicharis
species of insect
Hyposmocoma argentiferus
species of insect
Hyposmocoma corticicolor
species of insect
Hyposmocoma barbata
species of insect
Hyposmocoma pritchardiae
species of insect
Hyposmocoma subnitida
species of insect
Hyposmocoma fervida
species of insect
Hyposmocoma chilonella
species of insect
Hyposmocoma similis
species of insect
Hyposmocoma brevistrigata
species of insect
Hyposmocoma anthinella
species of insect
Hyposmocoma scolopax
species of insect
Hyposmocoma subcitrella
species of insect
Hyposmocoma arenella
species of insect
Hyposmocoma ekemamao
species of lepidopterans
Hyposmocoma menehune
species of lepidopterans
Hyposmocoma emendata
species of insect
Hyposmocoma bilineata
species of insect
Hyposmocoma empetra
species of insect
Hyposmocoma fallacella
species of insect
Hyposmocoma canella
species of insect
Hyposmocoma fractinubella
species of insect
Hyposmocoma semifuscata
species of insect
Hyposmocoma nividorsella
species of insect
Hyposmocoma filicivora
species of insect
Hyposmocoma subflavidella
species of insect
Hyposmocoma opuumaloo
species of lepidopterans
Hyposmocoma sabulella
species of insect
Hyposmocoma costimaculata
species of insect
Hyposmocoma praefracta
species of insect
Hyposmocoma ensifer
species of insect
Hyposmocoma enixa
species of insect