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

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.