| Holcocera grenadensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Blastobasidae |
| Genus: | Holcocera |
| Species: | H. grenadensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Holcocera grenadensis (Walsingham, 1897) | |
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Holcocera grenadensis is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found on the Caribbean islands of Grenada and Dominica.
The length of the forewings is 5.9-6.2 mm. The ground color of the forewings is brown intermixed with pale-brown scales, irregularly streaked with pale greyish-brown scales above the veins. The hindwing dorsal and ventral surfaces are uniformly brownish grey, darkening to the outer margin.[1]
References
- ↑ On the identity of Holcocera guilandinae (Busck, 1900) (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Coleophoridae: Blastobasinae)
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