Holcocera chalcofrontella

Holcocera chalcofrontella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Blastobasidae
Genus:	Holcocera
Species:	H. chalcofrontella
Binomial name
Holcocera chalcofrontella Clemens, 1863
Synonyms
Holcocera purpurocomella Clemens, 1863 Holcocera gilbociliella Clemens, 1863 Holcocera gibbociliella Blastobasis chalcofrontella var. quisquiliella Zeller, 1873 Blastobasis livorella Zeller, 1873 Nothris maligemmella Murtfeldt, 1898 Holcocera ochrocephala Dietz, 1910 Holcocera chalcofrontella var. minorella Dietz, 1910 Holcocera chalcofrontella var. fumerella Dietz, 1910 Holcocera funebra var. reductella Dietz, 1910

Holcocera chalcofrontella is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in North America, including Pennsylvania, Texas, Missouri, Maryland, West Virginia,^[1] Arizona, British Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Manitoba, Michigan, New Brunswick, Ohio, Ontario, Quebec, Tennessee, Vermont and Washington.^[2]

Larvae have been reared on the seeds of Rhus species,^[3] as well as the burrs of chestnuts.

References

1. 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.
2. mothphotographersgroup
3. A New Holcocera Clemens, 1863 (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae) associated with leguminous plants from the Brazilian cerrado