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Holcocera coccivorella

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Scale-feeding scavenger moth
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H. coccivorella
Binomial name
Holcocera coccivorella
(Chambers, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Blastobasis coccivorella Chambers, 1880

Holcocera coccivorella, the scale-feeding scavenger moth, is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in North America, including Florida [1] and Maine.[2]

Larvae have been reared on coccid-scales found on an oak.

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ mothphotographersgroup