Hypocosmia pyrochroma is a species of snout moth in the genus Hypocosmia. It was described by E. Dukinfield Jones in 1912 and is known from Argentina and Brazil.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Genus: | Hypocosmia |
Species: | H. pyrochroma
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Binomial name | |
Hypocosmia pyrochroma (E. D. Jones, 1912)
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This species has also been released in Australia[1] and South Africa for biological control of cat's claw creeper (Dolichandra unguis-cati (L.) L.G.Lohmann).[2]
References
edit- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Hypocosmia pyrochroma (Jones, 1912)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
- ^ Lin Besaans (2011) "Hypocosmia pyrochroma Jones, a leaf-tying moth released as a biocontrol of cat's claw creeper" Archived 2016-09-15 at the Wayback Machine. - ARC-PPRI Fact Sheets on Invasive Alien Plants and their Control in South Africa. www.arc.agric.za