Hypocosmia pyrochroma

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

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)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
^ Lin Besaans (2011) "Hypocosmia pyrochroma Jones, a leaf-tying moth released as a biocontrol of cat's claw creeper" Archived 2016-09-15 at the Wayback Machine. - ARC-PPRI Fact Sheets on Invasive Alien Plants and their Control in South Africa. www.arc.agric.za

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[1] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Hypocosmia pyrochroma (Jones, 1912)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 15, 2019.

[2] Lin Besaans (2011) "Hypocosmia pyrochroma Jones, a leaf-tying moth released as a biocontrol of cat's claw creeper" Archived 2016-09-15 at the Wayback Machine. - ARC-PPRI Fact Sheets on Invasive Alien Plants and their Control in South Africa. www.arc.agric.za

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