Holcocera guilandinae

Holcocera guilandinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Blastobasidae
Genus: Holcocera
Species: H. guilandinae
Binomial name
Holcocera guilandinae
(Busck, 1900)[1]
Synonyms
  • Blastobasis guilandinae Busck, 1900

Holcocera guilandinae is a moth in the Blastobasidae family. It is found in the United States in southern Florida[2] and on Bermuda.

The length of the forewings is 6.1-9.2 mm. The ground color of the forewings is pale brown intermixed with brownish-orange and brown scales. The hindwing dorsal and ventral surfaces have pale-brown scales basally, gradually darkening to the apex.

The larvae feed in the stem of Caesalpina bonducella and Garberia heterophylla.[3]

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