Hypocosmia pyrochroma

Hypocosmia pyrochroma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Hypocosmia
Species: H. pyrochroma
Binomial name
Hypocosmia pyrochroma
(Jones, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Axamora pyrochroma Jones, 1912

Hypocosmia pyrochroma is a species of snout moth in the genus Hypocosmia. It is known from Argentina and Brazil.

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]

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