Holcocera

Holcocera is a gelechoid moth genus of the family Blastobasidae. There are about 70 described species.^[2]

Taxonomy

The genera Hypatopa and Calosima are sometimes treated as synonyms of Holcocera.

Species

Former species

• Holcocera anthracographa Meyrick, 1937
• Holcocera aphanes (Zeller, 1877)
• Holcocera controversella (Zeller, 1877)
• Holcocera orthophrontis Meyrick, 1932
• Holcocera proagorella (Zeller, 1877)
• Holcocera suppletella (Zeller, 1877)

References

• Adamski, D., 2000: A new North American Calosima (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae: Blastobasinae). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 11 (1-2): 46-48.
• Adamski, D., 2002: Blastobasinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Coleophoridae) of Thailand, Part 1. Four new species of Calosima Dietz, 1910. Insecta Koreana 19 (3-4): 233-239.
• Adamski, D. & M. Hoddle, 2009, A new Holcocera Clemens from Guatemala and redescription of H. iceryaeella (Riley) from the United States (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae: Blastobasinae: Holcocerini): Two congeners with incidental preference for avocado, Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 111 (1): 254-262.
• Adamski, D. & R.W. Hodges, 1996: An annotated list of North American Blastobasinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Coleophoridae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 98 (4): 708-740.
• Adamski, D. & C.T. Maier, 2003: A new Holcocera Clemens (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Coleophoridae: Holcocerini) associated with Pinaceae in North America. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 105 (1): 144-148.
• Adamski, D. ; R.S. Copeland ; S.E. Miller ; P.D.N. Hebert ; K. Darrow & Q. Luke, 2010: A review of African Blastobasinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Coleophoridae), with new taxa reared from native fruits in Kenya. Smithsonian contributions to Zoology 630: 1-68. Full article: [1].

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