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Holcocera chalcofrontella

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Species of moth

Holcocera chalcofrontella
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Domain: Eukaryota
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, Arizona, British Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Manitoba, Michigan, New Brunswick, Ohio, Ontario, Quebec, Tennessee, Vermont and Washington.

Larvae have been reared on the seeds of Rhus species, 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

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Taxon identifiers
Holcocera chalcofrontella


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