coord 25.7675 171.7334 region US type isle display title Location map Pacific Ocean label Laysan lon ... Cercle rouge 100 .svg marksize 20 caption Location of Laysan in the Pacific Ocean Image Hawaiianislandchain USGS.png thumb right 250px Laysan is in the middle of the leeward island chain. Image laysan map lrg.gif thumb right 250px Bathymetric map of Laysan Image laysan beach.jpg thumb right 250px Monk seal on the beach at Laysan Island. Note ripple pattern in coral sand June 1969 . Image Laysan Aerial.jpg 250px thumb Laysan from the north File Laysan Island Interior.jpg 250px thumb right The interior of Laysan, showing its lake and the birds that nest there. File Starr 990604 0969 Cyperus laevigatus.jpg thumb right 250px The shore of Lake Laysan. Image Laysan duck and ducklings.jpg thumb right 250px A Laysan duck mother and her ducklings. Laysan IPAc en icon l a s n Hawaiian language ... a salinity approximately three times greater than the ocean. Laysan s Hawaiian name of Kau means egg , referring to its shape and how much life springs from the island. Geology Laysan is the second largest single landmass in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, after Sand Island at Midway Atoll . Laysan ... s surrounding the island cover about convert 735 acre km2 . Lake Laysan, the convert 100 acre km2 ... to find fresh water on Laysan is to observe where the Laysan Finch finches are drinking the fresh ... Enquirer , issue of 7 March 1825. ref Here we probably find the first reference to the name Laysan in print ... the earlier whalers reports and an additional sighting of an island fitting Laysan s description by Capt ... of Laysan. Although he mapped the island in 1828 and attempted to name it for his ship, he clearly ... Laysan to the Kingdom of Hawaii Kingdom of Hawai okina i . In 1859, Capt. Brooks of the ship Gambia ... okina i granted George D. Freeth and Charles N. Spencer permission to mine the guano on Laysan anyway, as long as they paid a royalty. This newfound attention to Laysan attracted scientists, and in the next ... more details
Taxobox name Laysan Finch status VU status system IUCN3.1 trend stable status ref ref name iucn IUCN2009.2 assessors BirdLife International year 2008 id 149608 title Telespiza cantans downloaded 30 January 2010 ref image Laysanfinchr.jpg image width 270px regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Passerine Passeriformes subordo Songbird Passeri parvordo Passerida familia Finch Fringillidae subfamilia Hawaiian honeycreeper Drepanidinae tribus Psittirostrini genus Telespiza genus ... Wilson, SB , 1890 The Laysan Finch Telespiza cantans is a species of finch in the Hawaiian honeycreeper ... Nihoa Finch . The Laysan Finch is named for Laysan , the island to which it was endemic ... The Laysan Finch is a large honeycreeper with a heavy bill. Overall the male has yellow plumage with a whitish ... impossible to confuse the Laysan Finch with any other bird in the field as it is the only passerine species found on the few islands it lives on. Range and behavior Range On its discovery the Laysan Finch was an Endemism endemic resident of the small island of Laysan , along with the Laysan Rail Porzana palmeri , the Laysan Apapane Laysan okina Apapane Himatione sanguinea freethi , the Laysan Duck Anas laysanensis , and the Laysan Millerbird Acrocephalus familiaris familiaris . Populations ... on Laysan represent a relict population. Behavior The Laysan Finch nests in vegetation, laying ... three weeks. The Laysan Finch is a Generalist and specialist species generalist , feeding on seed s, small ... of White Tern Gygis alba and the endemic Laysan Duck Anas laysanensis . Conservation The Laysan ... the Laysan Millerbird , Laysan Apapane okina Apapane and Laysan Rail rail by taking carrion and seabird Egg biology eggs . Laysan is now part of the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge .... Laysan Finch Telespiza cantans and Nihoa Finch Telespiza ultima . In The Birds of North America ... Category Animals described in 1890 es Telespiza cantans fr Psittirostre de Laysan hu Laysan pinty ... more details
Taxobox name Laysan okina Apapane image Himatione fraithii.jpg image width 250px image caption Painting by John Gerrard Keulemans . A male adult, B Female adult, C Juvenile, D Apapane status EX status system IUCN3.1 extinct 1923 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Passerine Passeriformes subordo Songbird Passeri parvordo Passerida familia Finch Fringillidae subfamilia Hawaiian honeycreeper Drepanidinae tribus Drepanidini genus Himatione species Apapane H. sanguinea subspecies H. s. freethi trinomial Himatione sanguinea freethi trinomial authority Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild Rothschild , 1892 The Laysan okina Apapane Himatione sanguinea freethi was a subspecies of the Apapane okina Apapane Endemism endemic to the island of Laysan in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands . Based on cranial osteology, it may have represented a distinct species. ref name ... File Laysan Apapane.ogv thumb left Footage of a live specimen from 1923 Image Laysan Honey Eater nest.jpg thumb left Nest An adult male Laysan okina Apapane had vermilion upperparts, an ashy brown ... exposure. ref name BirdsNorthAm Diet Laysan okina Apapane Nectarivore fed on nectar from the native ... s and moth s. Unlike the nominate subspecies, the Laysan okina Apapane foraged on the ground. ref name BirdsNorthAm Breeding Laysan okina Apapane primarily nested in the center of tall Tussock grass grass ... were made of rootlets interwoven with grass blades. The Laysan okina Apapane had a clutch size ... on the island, including nectar sources for the Laysan okina Apapane. The bird was filmed in 1923 during the Tanager Expedition . Shortly after, Laysan was battered by a strong storm, and later attempts at finding any remaining Laysan okina Apapane failed. ref name Tanager cite web url http www.hawaiianatolls.org ... the island, including the Laysan Millerbird , the Laysan Rail , the Laysan Duck , and the Laysan ... Laysan apapane Category Bird extinctions since 1500 Category Extinct Hawaiian animals Category ... more details
Taxobox name Laysan Millerbird status EX extinct late 1910s image LaysanMillerbird.jpg image width 250px image caption Photo taken by Walker K. Fisher in May 1902 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Passeriformes superfamilia Sylvioidea familia Acrocephalidae genus Acrocephalus ... Tartare familiaris small Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild Rothschild , 1892 small The Laysan ... Agrotis such as the endemic and likewise extinct Laysan Noctuid Moth Agrotis laysanensis commonly .....jpg thumb left upright Illustration by John Gerrard Keulemans File Laysan Millerbird and Black Mamo.jpg thumb left upright Black Mamo and Laysan Millerbird specimens in 1901 Very tame, it was abundant on Laysan , where it was Endemism endemic , in the 1890s Udvardy, 1996 . After the fateful introduction ... in February 1916. As land bird populations on Laysan fluctuate heavily and because there was considerable ... disappeared, the bird suffered increased egg predation by Laysan Finch es Telespiza ... glauca was the only locality left where the millerbird, the Laysan Rail Porzana palmeri and the Laysan Apapane Laysan okina Apapane Himatione sanguinea freethi could nest with a reasonable chance ... were brine flies, which, though abundant, would also be utilized by the other land birds and the Laysan ... that the Laysan Millerbird was the first of the three avian taxa to have gone extinct on Laysan, the last ... and other invertebrates from Laysan Island. Atoll Res. Bull. 98 1 30. http www.botany.hawaii.edu faculty ... An annotated bibliography of Laysan Island, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Atoll Res. Bull. 434 1 92 ... Report of an Expedition to Laysan Island in 1911. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Biological Survey ... 112. Udvardy, Miklos D. F. 1996 Three Months on a Coral Island Laysan by Hugo H. Schauinsland 1899 ... extinctions since 1500 Category Tanager Expedition Category Animals described in 1892 de Laysan Rohrs nger eo Lajsana kanbirdo hu Laysan szigeti moln r n diposz ta ... more details
Taxobox name Laysan Duck image Laysan teal male.jpg image caption Male specimen in Cologne Zoo image ... map of the Laysan Duck The Laysan Duck Anas laysanensis , also known as the Laysan Teal because of its ... evidence reveals that Laysan Ducks once lived across the entire archipelago, but today survive only on three small, isolated island s. Taxonomy Named by Lionel Walter Rothschild in 1892, the Laysan Duck is named after Laysan island, one of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands . It is a member of the mallard ... 1999 ref Description The Laysan Duck is teal sized and dark brown, with a prominent white ... orange with variable black blotching in females. The Laysan Duck usually has a ring of fat around .... Behavior The Laysan Duck walks and runs well, with a pelvic girdle adapted to terrestrial foraging ... to August. Average clutch size on Laysan Island is approximately four bird egg eggs . The newly established ... to near extinction Image Male Laysan Duck.jpg thumb right Male Laysan Duck The decline of the Laysan ... non native mammalian predator s. ref name R06 By 1860, the ducks disappeared from all but Laysan ... island species, the Laysan Duck evolved in an environment lacking mammalian predators, and is Island ... Boar pigs , and Small Asian Mongoose s. For example, Laysan Ducks are more likely to freeze their movement ... migratory Laysan Duck can fly, it does not disperse between islands. ref name USFWS04 The Laysan Duck found refuge through most of the nineteenth century on rat free Laysan Island, surviving within the smallest geographic range of any duck species worldwide convert 415 ha sqmi disp . Laysan Island ... 1996 ref Congress passed the Endangered Species Preservation Act in 1966, and in 1967 the Laysan ... reproductive success and survival, revealing that typically only 30 of ducklings on Laysan Island survive ... left thumb 240px Laysan Ducks chasing brine flies In October 2004 and 2005, 42 Laysan ... insurance population of Laysan Ducks on Midway has grown quickly, more than doubling in size within ... more details
Taxobox name Laysan Rail status EX status system iucn3.1 extinct 1944 image XxLaysanRail.jpg image width ... , 1892 synonyms Porzanula palmeri The Laysan Rail or Laysan Crake Porzana palmeri was a tiny inhabitant of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Northwest Hawaiian Island of Laysan . This small island ... and distribution File Laysan Rail.ogv thumb left thumbtime 0 03 Footage of live Laysan Rails from 1923 ... endemic to Laysan although an introduced population was present on Midway Atoll for some decades ... to a distinct species that parallel evolution evolved in parallel to the Laysan Rail however ... The Laysan Rail was an opportunist that fed mainly on invertebrate s such as moth s, Neoscatella ... bird that would fight off other species, particularly the Laysan Finch the latter is very adept ... of freshwater on Laysan, and while the rails must have been able to cover their needs from the body ... after heavy rain, or a pan of water provided by an observer. Image Laysan Rail.JPG thumb Laysan ..., but it could regularly be seen all day and heard calling at night. Laysan Rails had no natural enemies ... to protect her clutch. The species was somewhat territorial, more so during the breeding season. On Laysan .... Vocalizations When active, Laysan Rails would ever so often stand still and utter one to three soft ... Laysan Rail. On Laysan, courtship and the start of nest building was in April, with eggs being laid ... of recently hatched young birds from Midway in March, but this seems to be unusually early. On Laysan ... spent more time incubating than males. Image Laysan Crake.JPG thumb Laysan Rail eggs. The young ... and move so fast that they can hardly be seen. blockquote Extinction Laysan is considered one of the most ... , Laysan Albatross as well as shearwater s and tern s. The island also held 5 unique sub species of land and waterbirds, including the Laysan Rail. The extinction of this species is particularly unfortunate ... s were introduced to Laysan. With no predators to control their numbers the rabbits soon ate the entire ... more details
Taxobox name Laysan Albatross status NT status system IUCN3.1 status ref ref name IUCN BirdLife International 2008 ref trend down image Laysan Albatross RWD2.jpg image caption At Kilauea Point on Kauai ... immutabilis The Laysan Albatross , Phoebastria immutabilis , is a large seabird that ranges ... birds, and is currently expanding or possibly re expanding its range to new islands . The Laysan Albatross ... from Laysan Island . ref name Robertson Robertson, C. J. R. 2003 ref Etymology It is named for Laysan , one of its breeding colonies in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands . Description The Laysan .... ref name BLI They do not have a breeding plumage. ref name Floyd The Laysan Albatross is usually ... Albatross by its all dark back and smaller size. The Laysan Albatross plumage has been compared ... and habitat The Laysan Albatross has a wide range across the North Pacific with 16 nesting sites ... Midway and Laysan . It also nests in the Bonin Islands near Japan , the French Frigate Shoals , and has ... Japan to the Bering Sea and south to 15 N. ref name BLI Behavior File Laysanchick.jpg thumb Laysan Albatross with chick on Midway. File Laysan albatross fws.JPG thumb The at least 60 year old female Wisdom with her chick, in March 2011 The Laysan Albatross is normally a silent bird, but on occasion ... Female Laysan albatrosses bond for life, so they can cooperatively raise their young. ref cite web url ... author date 17 June 2009 publisher The Register ref A female Laysan Albatross known as Wisdom is the oldest .... Because Laysan albatrosses can t breed until they are five years old, as of 2011 Wisdom is estimated ... in 1956 when she was incubating an egg, according to the USGS. As the Laysan albatross can t breed ... is at least 60 years old. She may be even older, though, as most Laysan albatrosses don t breed until age 8 or 9 after an extended courtship... ref Reproduction The Laysan Albatross is colonial ... using vegetation. ref name BLI Laysan Albatrosses have a protracted breeding cycle, and breed annually ... more details
This article was auto generated by User Polbot . Taxobox name Laysan Noctuid Moth image Agrotis laysanensis.jpg status EX status system IUCN2.3 regnum Animalia phylum Arthropoda classis Insecta ordo Lepidoptera familia Noctuidae genus Agrotis species A. laysanensis binomial Agrotis laysanensis binomial authority Rothschild, 1894 synonyms Prodenia laysanensis small Rothschild, 1894 small The Laysan Noctuid Moth Agrotis laysanensis was a species of moth in the Noctuidae family. This species is now extinct. It was Endemism endemic to LaysanLaysan Island , one of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Outlying Hawaiian Islands , United States . This moth was one, if not the main species, eaten by the likewise extinct Laysan Millerbird . Agrotis moths are commonly known as millers , and the bird was named after its favorite food. Source World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. http www.iucnredlist.org search details.php 707 all Agrotis laysanensis . http www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 31 July 2007. http 128.171.128.23 pubs online pdf bull31 73.pdf Lepidoptera of the Outlying Hawaiian Islands http 74.125.153.132 search?q cache wLl4bBEe5t8J www.botany.hawaii.edu faculty duffy arb 097 100 098.pdf Atoll Research Bulletin Specimens collected on Laysan Island Category Agrotis Category Endemic moths of Hawaii Agrotis stub ca Agrotis laysanensis de Agrotis laysanensis hu Agrotis laysanensis sr Agrotis laysanensis vi Agrotis laysanensis ... more details
This article was auto generated by User Polbot . Taxobox name Laysan Dropseed Noctuid Moth image status EX status system IUCN2.3 regnum Animalia phylum Arthropoda classis Insecta ordo Lepidoptera familia Noctuidae genus Hypena species H. laysanensis binomial Hypena laysanensis binomial authority Swezey, 1914 synonyms Nesamiptis laysanensis small Swezey, 1914 small The Laysan Dropseed Noctuid Moth Hypena laysanensis was a species of moth in the Noctuidae family. This species is now extinct . This moth was Endemism endemic to LaysanLaysan Island , one of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Outlying Hawaiian Islands , United States . The larvae have been recorded on Sporobolus species. Source World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. http www.iucnredlist.org search details.php 10637 all Hypena laysanensis . http www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 31 July 2007. http 74.125.153.132 search?q cache wLl4bBEe5t8J www.botany.hawaii.edu faculty duffy arb 097 100 098.pdf Laysan Extinct species Hypeninae stub Category Hypena Category Endemic moths of Hawaii sr Hypena laysanensis vi Hypena laysanensis ... more details
This article was auto generated by User Polbot . Taxobox name Laysan Hedyleptan Moth image status DD status system IUCN3.1 regnum Animalia phylum Arthropoda classis Insecta ordo Lepidoptera familia Crambidae genus Omiodes species O. laysanensis binomial Omiodes laysanensis binomial authority Edward Meyrick Meyrick , 1914 synonyms Hedylepta laysanensis small Meyrick, 1914 small Phostria laysanensis The Laysan Hedyleptan Moth Omiodes laysanensis is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is Endemism endemic to Laysan . The larvae are thought to feed on grasses. Source Haines, W.P. 2004. http www.iucnredlist.org search details.php 44547 all Omiodes laysanensis . http www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 31 July 2007. https scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu handle 10125 7337 Insects of Hawaii. Volume 8, Pyraloidea commons wikispecies Category Endemic moths of Hawaii Category Omiodes Spilomelinae stub vi Omiodes laysanensis ... more details
to Laysan again. The North Pacific Phosphate and Fertilizer Company sold their mining rights to Schlemmer ... from Laysan. Yamanouchi used this permission to export not guano, which had been mostly depleted ... number still alive. Max couldn t live away from Laysan, and in 1915 the government allowed him ... found himself falsely accused of being a German spy using Laysan as his headquarters. Repercussions of the Rabbit Outbreak Not all of the animals on Laysan were hardy enough to survive the following few years, during which time Laysan degenerated into a veritable desert devoid of vegetation. Many species became extinct in the early 1920s, including the Laysan Rail which survived on other islands afterwards but soon became extinct there as well , the Laysan Millerbird , and the Laysan Fan Palm . The Laysan Finch was able to survive by scavenging other dead birds, and the Laysan Duck survived because ... more details
italictitle Taxobox name Hyposmocoma laysanensis regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Cosmopterigidae genus Hyposmocoma species H. laysanensis binomial Hyposmocoma laysanensis binomial authority Schmitz and Rubinoff, 2009 synonyms Hyposmocoma laysanensis is a species of moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is endemic to Laysan . The type locality is Guano Rock. The wingspan is 5.2 7.7 mm. The larval case consists of a cone shaped structure, which is 4.5 6.0 mm in length, small and thin and decorated with bits of sand, and probably guano, woven with silk filaments. The aperture is covered with an operculum and decorated with small pebbles, or sand grains fastened by silk. The background color ranges from off white to gray. Adults were reared from case making larvae. Larvae were collected on rocks, sometimes disposed in a pile, on the island of Laysan. When disturbed, larvae were observed to tightly close the operculum of their case with their mandibles. The abundance of the cases suggests that the species is very common on Laysan. External links http www.mapress.com zootaxa 2009 f zt02272p053.pdf New species of Hyposmocoma Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae from the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands of Laysan, Necker, and Nihoa Category Hyposmocoma Category Endemic moths of Hawaii Hyposmocoma stub ru Hyposmocoma laysanensis uk Hyposmocoma laysanensis vi Hyposmocoma laysanensis ... more details
pennatiformis . On Laysan the plants are of subspecies bryanii , known as Laysan sedge or Bryan s sedge . In 2008 a total of 488 individuals were counted. The Laysan sedge, though rare, appears to be reproducing ... tectorius . On Kauai it can be found in moist forested canyons. On Laysan ssp. bryanii grows in wetland ... , and Melia azedarach Pride of India Melia azedarach . On Laysan this sedge and other plants were decimated by introduced rabbits. The seeds are eaten by the Laysan Finch Telespiza cantans . ref ... more details
This article was auto generated by User Polbot . Taxobox name Procellaris Grotis Noctuid Moth image status EX status system IUCN2.3 regnum Animalia phylum Arthropoda classis Insecta ordo Lepidoptera familia Noctuidae genus Agrotis species A. procellaris binomial Agrotis procellaris binomial authority Edward Meyrick Meyrick 1900 synonyms Euxoa procellaris The Procellaris Grotis Noctuid Moth Agrotis procellaris was a species of moth in the Noctuidae family. This species is now extinct . This moth was Endemism endemic to Laysan Laysan Island , one of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Outlying Hawaiian Islands , United States . Source World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. http www.iucnredlist.org search details.php 709 all Agrotis procellaris . http www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 31 July 2007. http www.eol.org pages 53482 Agrotis Encyclopaedia of Life http 74.125.153.132 search?q cache wLl4bBEe5t8J www.botany.hawaii.edu faculty duffy arb 097 100 098.pdf Laysan Extinct species Category Agrotis Category Endemic moths of Hawaii Category Article Feedback 5 Agrotis stub sr Agrotis procellaris vi Agrotis procellaris ... more details
Albatross Waved La Plata Island Waved Northern Pacific Ocean Bonin Islands Black footed, Laysan Albatross Laysan French Frigate Shoals Laysan Black footed Guadalupe Island Mexico Laysan Hawaii Laysan ... only , Black footed Albatross Black footed Laysan Island Laysan Black footed Midway Atoll Midway Island Laysan Black footed Ryukyu Islands Southern Ryukyu Islands Black footed References del Hoyo, Josep ... more details
italictitle Taxobox name Hyposmocoma ekemamao regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Cosmopterigidae genus Hyposmocoma species H. ekemamao binomial Hyposmocoma ekemamao binomial authority Schmitz and Rubinoff, 2009 synonyms Hyposmocoma laysanensis is a species of moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is endemic to Laysan . The type locality is Guano Rock. The wingspan is 10 10.5 mm. The larval case is purse shaped and is 4.1 7.0 mm in length. It is smooth and cylindrical, bulged and flat in the middle, with growth lines starting at the middle, extending laterally toward two entrances. The background color is shiny dark brown. Adults were reared from case making larvae. Larvae were collected on the ground away from shoreline. External links http www.mapress.com zootaxa 2009 f zt02272p053.pdf New species of Hyposmocoma Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae from the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands of Laysan, Necker, and Nihoa Category Hyposmocoma Category Endemic moths of Hawaii Hyposmocoma stub ru Hyposmocoma ekemamao uk Hyposmocoma ekemamao vi Hyposmocoma ekemamao ... more details
Arthur Humble Evans 1855 1943 was a British people British ornithologist . Bibliography Birds , illustrated by George Edward Lodge , Cambridge Natural History 1899 Aves Hawaiienses 1890 1899 . References http www.archive.org stream ibis29brit page n321 mode 2up Ibis Jubilee Supplement 1908 External links http www.sil.si.edu digitalcollections nhrarebooks rothschild essays storrs rothschild.htm Smithsonian Institution Rotschild s Birds of Laysan . Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Evans, Arthur Humble ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION British ornithologist DATE OF BIRTH 1855 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1943 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Evans, Arthur Humble Category 1855 births Category 1943 deaths Category British ornithologists UK ornithologist stub fr Arthur Humble Evans fi Arthur Humble Evans ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Agrotis evanescens image image width 240px regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Noctuidae genus Agrotis species A. evanescens binomial Agrotis evanescens binomial authority Rothschild, 1894 synonyms Peridroma evanescens small Rothschild, 1894 small Agrotis eremioides small Hampson, 1903 small Agrotis evanescens is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is endemic to Laysan . External links https scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu handle 10125 7336 Insects of Hawaii. Volume 7, Macrolepidoptera Category Agrotis Category Endemic moths of Hawaii Agrotis stub vi Agrotis evanescens ... more details
italictitle Taxobox name Hyposmocoma opuumaloo regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Cosmopterigidae genus Hyposmocoma species H. opuumaloo binomial Hyposmocoma opuumaloo binomial authority Schmitz and Rubinoff, 2009 synonyms Hyposmocoma opuumaloo is a species of moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is endemic to Necker Island . The type locality is Flagpole Hill. The wingspan is 8.9 9.1 mm. The larval case is cone shaped and 6.7 7.1 mm in length. It is small and thin and decorated with bits of sand woven with silk filaments. The operculum is decorated with small pebbles. The case background color ranges from gray to brown. Adults were reared from case making larvae. Larvae were collected on the ground. External links http www.mapress.com zootaxa 2009 f zt02272p053.pdf New species of Hyposmocoma Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae from the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands of Laysan, Necker, and Nihoa Category Hyposmocoma Category Endemic moths of Hawaii Hyposmocoma stub ru Hyposmocoma opuumaloo uk Hyposmocoma opuumaloo vi Hyposmocoma opuumaloo ... more details
italictitle Taxobox name Hyposmocoma mokumana regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Cosmopterigidae genus Hyposmocoma species H. mokumana binomial Hyposmocoma mokumana binomial authority Schmitz and Rubinoff, 2009 synonyms Hyposmocoma mokumana is a species of moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is endemic to Necker Island Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Necker Island . The type locality is Annexation Hill. The wingspan is 11.4 14.3 mm. The larval case is purse shaped and 7.4 8.9 mm in length. It is smooth and cylindrical, bulged and flat medially, with growth lines starting at middle and extending toward two entrances situated laterally. The background color is brown. Adults were reared from case making larvae. Cases were collected in Sesbania litter. External links http www.mapress.com zootaxa 2009 f zt02272p053.pdf New species of Hyposmocoma Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae from the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands of Laysan, Necker, and Nihoa Category Hyposmocoma Category Endemic moths of Hawaii Hyposmocoma stub ru Hyposmocoma mokumana uk Hyposmocoma mokumana vi Hyposmocoma mokumana ... more details
italictitle Taxobox name Hyposmocoma nihoa regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Cosmopterigidae genus Hyposmocoma species H. nihoa binomial Hyposmocoma nihoa binomial authority Schmitz and Rubinoff, 2009 synonyms Hyposmocoma nihoa is a species of moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is endemic to Nihoa . The type locality is Miller Canyon. The wingspan is 6.3 7.6 mm. The larval case is burrito shaped and 3.4 4.8 mm in length. It is large and rounded with a curved pointed distal end and decorated with lichens woven with silk filaments. The case background color ranges from green to gray. Adults were reared from case making larvae. Larvae were collected on small bushes and rocks. External links http www.mapress.com zootaxa 2009 f zt02272p053.pdf New species of Hyposmocoma Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae from the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands of Laysan, Necker, and Nihoa Category Hyposmocoma Category Endemic moths of Hawaii Hyposmocoma stub ru Hyposmocoma nihoa uk Hyposmocoma nihoa vi Hyposmocoma nihoa ... more details
italictitle Taxobox name Hyposmocoma kikokolu regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Cosmopterigidae genus Hyposmocoma species H. kikokolu binomial Hyposmocoma kikokolu binomial authority Schmitz and Rubinoff, 2009 synonyms Hyposmocoma kikokolu is a species of moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is endemic to Nihoa . The type locality is Miller Canyon. The wingspan is 8 10.2 mm. The larval case is cone shaped and 6.0 8.7 mm in length. It is small and thin and decorated with beige, brown, and black sand grains. The operculum of the case is covered with small pebbles. The background color ranges from gray to grayish brown. All adults were reared from case making larvae. Larvae were collected on the ground. External links http www.mapress.com zootaxa 2009 f zt02272p053.pdf New species of Hyposmocoma Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae from the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands of Laysan, Necker, and Nihoa Category Hyposmocoma Category Endemic moths of Hawaii Hyposmocoma stub ru Hyposmocoma kikokolu uk Hyposmocoma kikokolu vi Hyposmocoma kikokolu ... more details
italictitle Taxobox name Hyposmocoma menehune regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Cosmopterigidae genus Hyposmocoma species H. menehune binomial Hyposmocoma menehune binomial authority Schmitz and Rubinoff, 2009 synonyms Hyposmocoma menehune is a species of moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is endemic to Nihoa . The type locality is Miller Canyon. The wingspan is 7.2 7.4 mm. The larval case is burrito shaped and 3.7 4.0 mm in length. It is similar to that of Hyposmocoma nihoa , but without the distinctly curved pointed distal end. Adults were reared from case making larvae. Larvae were collected on the ground. External links http www.mapress.com zootaxa 2009 f zt02272p053.pdf New species of Hyposmocoma Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae from the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands of Laysan, Necker, and Nihoa Category Hyposmocoma Category Endemic moths of Hawaii Hyposmocoma stub ru Hyposmocoma menehune uk Hyposmocoma menehune vi Hyposmocoma menehune ... more details
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