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Blastobasidae
59a1743 – 1175   Holcocera chalcofrontella Clemens, 1863

© Dick Wilson - DNA
Genitalia: See McDunnough (1961), Am. Mus. Novit. 2045: 13; figs. 7, 15.
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Synonymy:
  • chalcofrontella Clemens, 1863 (Holcocera) - MONA 1983: 1175
      Type locality: probably Easton, PA - Adamski & Hodges (1996).
  • fumerella Dietz, 1910 (Holcocera)
  • gibbociliella Forbes, 1923 (Holcocera) missp.
  • gilbociliella Clemens, 1863 (Holcocera)
  • livorella (Zeller, 1873) (Blastobasis)
  • maligemmella (Murtfeldt, 1898) (Nothris)
  • minorella Dietz, 1910 (Holcocera)
  • ochrocephala Dietz, 1910 (Holcocera)
  • purpurocomella Clemens, 1863 (Holcocera)
  • quisquiliella (Zeller, 1873) (Blastobasis)
  • reductella Dietz, 1910 (Holcocera)
  • References
    • 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.
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
    • Clemens, B., 1863. American Micro-Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, 2: 122.
    • McDunnough, J.H., 1961. A study of the Blastobasinae of Nova Scotia, with particular reference to genitalic characters (Microlepidoptera, Blastobasidae). American Museum Novitates, 2045: 1-20.
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    • Species Page at Mass Moths
    Holcocera chalcofrontella
    © Dick Wilson - DNA
    Holcocera chalcofrontella
    - gen. - © Tom Murray
    Holcocera chalcofrontella
    - gen. - © Tom Murray
    Holcocera chalcofrontella
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