''Hyposmocoma catapyrrha'' is a species of
moth of the family
Cosmopterigidae. It was first described by
Edward Meyrick in 1935. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of
Maui
The island of Maui (; Hawaiian: ) is the second-largest of the islands of the state of Hawaii at 727.2 square miles (1,883 km2) and is the 17th largest island in the United States. Maui is the largest of Maui County's four islands, which ...
. The type locality is
Olinda
Olinda () is a historic city in Pernambuco, Brazil, in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region. It is located on the country's northeastern Atlantic Ocean coast, in the Recife metropolitan area, Metropolitan Region of Recife, the state capi ...
.
The larvae feed on ''
Rubus hawaiiensis
''Rubus hawaiensis'', also called the ''Ākala'', is one of two species (with '' R. macraei'') commonly known as Hawaiian raspberry, endemic to Hawaii. It is found on the islands of Kauai, Molokai, Maui, O'ahu, and Hawaii in mesic to wet fore ...
''.
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catapyrrha
Endemic moths of Hawaii
Moths described in 1935
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