Holcocera guilandinae

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

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

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]

References
  1. mothphotographersgroup
  2. 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.
  3. On the identity of Holcocera guilandinae (Busck, 1900) (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Coleophoridae: Blastobasinae)


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