Holcocera

Holcocera
Holcocera irroratella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Infraorder:	Heteroneura
Family:	Blastobasidae
Genus:	Holcocera Clemens, 1863
Species
Several, see text
Synonyms
Catacrypsis Walsingham, 1907 Catacrypris Dietz, 1910 Cynotes Walsingham, 1907 Eubolepia Dietz, 1910 Hypatima Herrich-Schäffer, 1853 Prosodica Walsingham, 1907 Prorodica Dietz, 1910 Syndroma Meyrick, 1914

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

Taxonomy

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

Species

• Holcocera aclydis
• Holcocera adjutrix Meyrick, 1918
• Holcocera amicae
• Holcocera amicitiae
• Holcocera anomalella
• Holcocera arcae
• Holcocera audaciae
• Holcocera aurorae
• Holcocera basiplagata Walsingham, 1912
• Holcocera bucinae
• Holcocera calthae
• Holcocera cathedrae
• Holcocera cerradicola
• Holcocera chalcofrontella
• Holcocera chloropeda Meyrick, 1922
• Holcocera coccivorella
• Holcocera concolor
• Holcocera crassicornella
• Holcocera cryptae
• Holcocera cylindrota Meyrick, 1918
• Holcocera digesta Meyrick, 1922
• Holcocera dominae
• Holcocera epitomae
• Holcocera eusaris Meyrick, 1922
• Holcocera extensa
• Holcocera famae
• Holcocera fergusoni Adamski, 2004
• Holcocera fugae
• Holcocera gargantuella
• Holcocera gigantella
• Holcocera gozmanyi Adamski & Landry, 2007
• Holcocera grenadensis
• Holcocera guilandinae
• Holcocera hemiteles Walsingham, 1912
• Holcocera homochromatica Walsingham, 1912
• Holcocera ianuae
• Holcocera iceryaeella
• Holcocera immaculella
• Holcocera increta Meyrick, 1930
• Holcocera irroratella
• Holcocera iubae
• Holcocera laudis
• Holcocera lignyodes
• Holcocera limicola Meyrick, 1922
• Holcocera luxuriae
• Holcocera lyrae
• Holcocera macrotoma Meyrick, 1916
• Holcocera mortis
• Holcocera musicae
• Holcocera nephalia Walsingham, 1912
• Holcocera notae
• Holcocera nuptae
• Holcocera panurgella
• Holcocera paradoxa
• Holcocera percnoscia Meyrick, 1932
• Holcocera piratae
• Holcocera plagatola
• Holcocera poetae
• Holcocera portae
• Holcocera puellae
• Holcocera pugionaria Meyrick, 1918
• Holcocera sakura Ohshima, 2003
• Holcocera sollertiae
• Holcocera subolivacea (Walsingham, 1897)
• Holcocera sympasta Meyrick, 1918
• Holcocera titanica Walsingham, 1912
• Holcocera villella
• Holcocera zonae

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].