Hypocosmia pyrochroma
Hypocosmia pyrochroma is a species of snout moth in the genus Hypocosmia. It was described by E. Dukinfield Jones in 1912 and is known from Argentina and Brazil.
| Hypocosmia pyrochroma | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Hypocosmia |
| Species: | H. pyrochroma |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypocosmia pyrochroma (E. D. Jones, 1912) | |
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This species has also been released in Australia[1] and South Africa for biological control of cat's claw creeper (Dolichandra unguis-cati (L.) L.G.Lohmann).[2]
References
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Hypocosmia pyrochroma (Jones, 1912)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
- Lin Besaans (2011) "Hypocosmia pyrochroma Jones, a leaf-tying moth released as a biocontrol of cat's claw creeper". - ARC-PPRI Fact Sheets on Invasive Alien Plants and their Control in South Africa. www.arc.agric.za
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