Hypocosmia pyrochroma

Hypocosmia pyrochroma is a species of snout moth in the genus Hypocosmia. It was described by E. Dukinfield Jones in 1912 and is known from Argentina and Brazil.

Hypocosmia pyrochroma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Hypocosmia
Species:
H. pyrochroma
Binomial name
Hypocosmia pyrochroma
(E. D. Jones, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Axamora pyrochroma E. D. Jones, 1912

This species has also been released in Australia[1] and South Africa for biological control of cat's claw creeper (Dolichandra unguis-cati (L.) L.G.Lohmann).[2]

References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Hypocosmia pyrochroma (Jones, 1912)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  2. Lin Besaans (2011) "Hypocosmia pyrochroma Jones, a leaf-tying moth released as a biocontrol of cat's claw creeper". - ARC-PPRI Fact Sheets on Invasive Alien Plants and their Control in South Africa. www.arc.agric.za


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