Holocola emplasta

Holocola emplasta is a species of moth in the family Tortricidae.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Holocola emplasta
Illustration of male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Holocola
Species:
H. emplasta
Binomial name
Holocola emplasta
(Meyrick, 1901)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Strepsicrates emplasta Meyrick, 1901

Taxonomy

This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1901 and named Strepsicrates emplasta.[3]

Host species

The larval hosts of this moth are species within the plant genus Coprosma.[4]

References
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  1. Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 464. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
  2. "Holocola emplasta (Meyrick, 1901)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
  3. John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. 14: 116. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
  4. J. G. Charles; J. S. Dugdale (February 2011). "Non-target species selection for host-range testing of Mastrus ridens". New Zealand Entomologist. 34 (1): 45–51. doi:10.1080/00779962.2011.9722208. ISSN 0077-9962. Wikidata Q54666011.


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