Holcocera grenadensis is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found on the Caribbean islands of Grenada and Dominica.
Holcocera grenadensis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Blastobasidae |
Genus: | Holcocera |
Species: | H. grenadensis
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Binomial name | |
Holcocera grenadensis (Walsingham, 1897)
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The length of the forewings is 5.9-6.2 mm. The ground color of the forewings is brown intermixed with pale-brown scales, irregularly streaked with pale greyish-brown scales above the veins. The hindwing dorsal and ventral surfaces are uniformly brownish grey, darkening to the outer margin.[1]
References
edit- ^ On the identity of Holcocera guilandinae (Busck, 1900) (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Coleophoridae: Blastobasinae) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.