Holcocera is a gelechoid moth genus of the family Blastobasidae. There are about 70 described species.A New Holcocera Clemens, 1863 (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae) associated with leguminous plants from the Brazilian cerrado
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
, 2000: A new North American Calosima (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae: Blastobasinae). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 11 (1-2): 46-48. , 2002: Blastobasinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Coleophoridae) of Thailand, Part 1. Four new species of Calosima Dietz, 1910. Insecta Koreana 19 (3-4): 233-239. , 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. , 1996: An annotated list of North American Blastobasinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Coleophoridae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 98 (4): 708-740. , 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. , 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: .