Species Holcocera villella - Hodges#1206.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · See Also · Print References

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)

Family Blastobasidae (Scavenger Moths)

Subfamily Blastobasinae (Scavenger Moths)

Tribe Holcocerini

Genus Holcocera

Species villella (Holcocera villella - Hodges#1206.1)

Hodges Number

1206.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Holcocera villella (Busck, 1900)

Triclonella villella Busck, 1900

Holcocera augusti Heinrich, 1920; syn. Lee & Brown, 1996 716

Size

WS: 17-19 mm (Heinrich 1920), 15 mm (Busck 1900)

Identification

See Busck 1900 in Print References.

See Also

Holcocera immaculella probably cannot be separated with photos.

Print References

Busck, A. 1900. New American Tineina. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 8: 238

Heinrich, C. 1920. On some forest Lepidoptera with descriptions of new species, larvae, and pupae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 57: 70.

Contributed by Steve Nanz on 23 June, 2016 - 4:16am

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