Holcocera gargantuella

Holcocera gargantuella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Blastobasidae
Genus: Holcocera
Species:
H. gargantuella
Binomial name
Holcocera gargantuella
(Heinrich, 1920)[1]
Synonyms
  • Eubolepia gargantuella Heinrich, 1920

Holcocera gargantuella is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in the United States, including Arizona.[2]

Larvae have been reared from galls found on Quercus alba, as well as Cynipidae-galls.

References

  1. ^ mothphotographersgroup
  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.


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