A New Holcocera Clemens, 1863 (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae) Associated with Leguminous Plants from the Brazilian Cerrado

Authors

• David Adamski, Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 168, Washington, D.C., 20013- 7012, U.S.A.Follow
• Cibele S. Ribeiro-Costa, Departmento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Parana´ , Caixa Postal 19020, 81513-980, Curitiba, Parana´ , BrazilFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2008

Comments

Published in PROC. ENTOMOL. SOC. WASH. 110(3), 2008, pp. 737–742.

Abstract

Holcocera cerradicola, n. sp., is described from the Brazilian cerrado in Parana´ . Adults were obtained from field-collected larvae from fruits of two leguminous plant species, Bauhinia holophylla Steud (Caesalpinioideae) and Stryphnodendron adstringens (Mart.) Coville (Mimosoideae). These observations represent the first documented association between Holcocerini and Leguminosae. A photograph of the holotype and illustrations of wing venation and male and female genitalia are provided.