Aphthonetus elegans

As recorded: Hyposmocoma elegans (Walsingham, 1907)

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Cosmopterigidae

Collected by: R. C. L. Perkins
Date: May 1, 1896
Locality: Haleakala
Record type: Preserved specimen

Collected the same day

On May 1, 1896, R. C. L. Perkins also collected 24+ other specimens.

Cite this specimen

Aphthonetus elegans. BPBM 31926. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37250919. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/ent/31926.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 37250919 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 26, 2026

Data-quality notes from GBIF

Coordinates recorded as 0, 0

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