Hypocosmia pyrochroma
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 (Jones, 1912) | |
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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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