Holcocera guilandinae

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

Holcocera guilandinae is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. 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]

References edit

^ 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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[1] thphotographersgroup

[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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