Hyposmocoma parda 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 Maui and Hawaii. The type locality is Haleakalā, where it was collected at an elevation of 4000feet.
The food plant is unknown, but it is thought to feed on dead wood.
. Elwood Zimmerman . 1978 . Insects of Hawaii . 9 Microlepidoptera . The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. 10125/7338 .