Holcocera crassicornella
| Holcocera crassicornella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Blastobasidae |
| Genus: | Holcocera |
| Species: | H. crassicornella |
| Binomial name | |
| Holcocera crassicornella Dietz, 1910[1] | |
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Holcocera crassicornella is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in southern Florida.[2]
The length of the forewings is 5.5–7.8 mm. The ground color of the forewings is greyish brown intermixed with pale-brown scales and a few brown scales. The hindwing dorsal and ventral surfaces have pale-brown scales basally, gradually darkening to the apex.
The larvae feed on the fruit of Eriobotrya japonica and have also been recorded on Acer rubrum.[3]
References
- ↑ 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)
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