Holcocera crassicornella

Holcocera crassicornella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Blastobasidae
Genus:	Holcocera
Species:	H. crassicornella
Binomial name
	Holcocera crassicornella; Dietz, 1910[1]
Synonyms
	Blastobasis eriobotryae Busck, 1915;

Holcocera crassicornella is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in southern Florida.[2]

The length of the forewings is 5.5–7.8 mm. The ground color of the forewings is greyish brown intermixed with pale-brown scales and a few brown scales. The hindwing dorsal and ventral surfaces have pale-brown scales basally, gradually darkening to the apex.

The larvae feed on the fruit of Eriobotrya japonica and have also been recorded on Acer rubrum.[3]

References

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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)