Holcocera gargantuella is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in the United States, including Arizona.[2]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Blastobasidae |
Genus: | Holcocera |
Species: | H. gargantuella
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Binomial name | |
Holcocera gargantuella (Heinrich, 1920)[1]
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Larvae have been reared from galls found on Quercus alba, as well as Cynipidae-galls.
References
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- ^ Adamski, D; Hodges, R W (1996). "An annotated list of North American Blastobasinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Coleophoridae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 98: 708–740.