Hyposmocoma cristata is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Oahu, Molokai and Hawaii. The type locality is the mountains near Honolulu.

Hyposmocoma cristata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Hyposmocoma
Species:
H. cristata
Binomial name
Hyposmocoma cristata
(Butler, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Euperissus cristatus Butler, 1881

This species is often abundant.

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  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.