Holcocera guilandinae is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in the United States in southern Florida[2] and on Bermuda.
Holcocera guilandinae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Blastobasidae |
Genus: | Holcocera |
Species: | H. guilandinae
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Binomial name | |
Holcocera guilandinae | |
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The length of the forewings is 6.1-9.2 mm.
The larvae feed in the stem of Caesalpina bonducella and Garberia heterophylla.[3]
References
edit- ^ mothphotographersgroup
- ^ 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.
- ^ On the identity of Holcocera guilandinae (Busck, 1900) (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Coleophoridae: Blastobasinae)