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Species Holcocera immaculella - Hodges#1221

Holcocera immaculella Holcocera immaculella, 1221 - Holcocera immaculella Blastobasid I06A6272 - Holcocera immaculella Blastobasid I06A6272 - Holcocera immaculella A Micro Moth - Holcocera immaculella Holcocera immaculella Holcocera immaculella Holcocera immaculella
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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 immaculella (Holcocera immaculella - Hodges#1221)
Hodges Number
1221
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Holcocera immaculella McDunnough, 1930 (1)
Holcocera concolor Adamski & Maier, 2003
Explanation of Names
Holcocera immaculella McDunnough, 1929 includes as a synonym Holcocera concolor Adamski & Maier, 2003 (Adamski in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023).
Identification
Genitalia:

See Also
Holcocera villella is a western species. Probably not separable by photo.
Calosima dianella male (darker for form formerly listed as Calosima lepidophaga) lacks notch at base of antennae otherwise separated by genitalia.
Print References
Adamski, D. & C. Maier, 2003. A new Holcocera Clemens (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Coleophoridae: Holcocerini). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 105(1): 144-148.
McDunnough, 1961 (2)