Biology:Hypocosmia pyrochroma
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Short description: Species of moth
| Hypocosmia pyrochroma | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Hypocosmia |
| Species: | H. pyrochroma
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypocosmia pyrochroma (E. D. Jones, 1912)
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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 .
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)". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/HYPOPYRO. 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
Wikidata ☰ Q13313581 entry
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