Holcocera gargantuella

Species of moth

Holcocera gargantuella
Scientific 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

^ mothphotographersgroup
^ 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.