Holcocera cerradicola, n. sp., is described from the Brazilian cerrado in Parana´ . Adults were obtained from field-collected larvae from fruits of two leguminous plant species,  Bauhinia holophylla Steud (Caesalpinioideae) and Stryphnodendron adstringens (Mart.) Coville (Mimosoideae). These observations represent the first documented association between Holcocerini and Leguminosae. A photograph of the holotype and illustrations of wing venation and male and female genitalia are provided

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A New Holcocera Clemens, 1863 (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae) 
Associated with Leguminous Plants from the Brazilian Cerrado 
David Adamski 
Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, 
MRC 168, Washington, D.C., 20013- 7012, U.S.A., adamskid@si.edu 
Cibele S. Ribeiro-Costa 
Departmento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Parana´ , Caixa Postal 19020, 81513-980, Curitiba, 
Parana´ , Brazil, stra@ufpr.br 
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A NEW HOLCOCERA CLEMENS, 1863 (LEPIDOPTERA:
COLEOPHORIDAE) ASSOCIATED WITH LEGUMINOUS PLANTS FROM
THE BRAZILIAN CERRADO
DAVID ADAMSKI AND CIBELE S. RIBEIRO-COSTA
(DA) Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History,
Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 168, Washington, D.C., 20013-
7012, U.S.A. (e-mail: david.adamski@ars.usda.gov); (CSRC) Departmento de
Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Parana´, Caixa Postal 19020, 81513-980, Curitiba,
Parana´, Brazil (e-mail: stra@ufpr.br)
Abstract.—Holcocera cerradicola, n. sp., is described from the Brazilian cerrado in
Parana´. Adults were obtained from field-collected larvae from fruits of two
leguminous plant species, Bauhinia holophylla Steud (Caesalpinioideae) and
Stryphnodendron adstringens (Mart.) Coville (Mimosoideae). These observations
represent the first documented association between Holcocerini and Leguminosae. A
photograph of the holotype and illustrations of wing venation and male and female
genitalia are provided.
Key Words: Brazil, cerrado, legumes, Neotropics, savanna, taxonomy
Except for Amazonia, the cerrado is
Brazil’s largest biome. This vast savanna
once extended over 2 million km2, about
one fourth of the country’s land area
(Oliveira-Filho & Ratter 1995), but is
now reduced to 356,630 km2, or about
20% of its estimated original size (Da
Fonseca et al. 2000). The primary reason
for the reduction of this large savanna is
increased agricultural pressure exerted
by soybean, cotton, and cattle farmers
(Dias 1990, Scariot et al. 2005).
The cerrado occupies most of the
Central Plain of Brazil, a major portion
of the states of Tocantins, Goia´s, Mato
Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Minas
Gerais, Bahia, Maranha˜o, Piauı´, and
parts of Sa˜o Paulo, Para´, Roraima,
Amapa´, and Rondoˆnia, and extends
marginally into eastern Paraguay (Man-
tovani and Pereira 1998). Despite its
reduction in size, it remains the largest
woodland savanna region in South
America and sustains some of the richest
savanna flora in the world.
Nearly 6,500 plant species have been
recorded from the cerrado (Mendoc¸a et
al. 1998), including about 44% of all the
endemic vascular plants known from
Brazil (Silva and Bates 2002). This is
one of the major reasons the Brazilian
Cerrado is considered one of the top 25
conservation ‘‘hotspots’’ in the world
(Myers et al. 2000).
In Parana´, the remnant cerrado is
fragmented (Ferri 1979, Uhlmann et al.
1998) and is similar to the savanna areas
in other parts of the country, differing
only by higher pluviometric indices,
evenly distributed rains throughout the
year, and a mean temperature of about
15uC (Leite 2002).
In the savanna, studies of fruits
provide valuable information on associ-
PROC. ENTOMOL. SOC. WASH.
110(3), 2008, pp. 737–742
ations between various plant species and
vertebrate and invertebrate life. Fruits
contain a higher level of energy per unit
area than other plant parts and are
essential elements for plant reproduc-
tion. Insects that feed on fruits and their
seeds can be key factors affecting the
dynamics, distribution, and evolution of
plants in the savanna (Zhang et al. 1997).
However, little is known about the insect
fauna, their hosts, and their predator and
parasite complexes in the Brazilian Cer-
rado, and studies of this kind have not
been undertaken in this region until
recently.
Studies focusing on the interactions
between the insect fauna associated with
leguminous fruits in the Brazilian Cer-
rado were initiated in Parana´ in 2003
at The Parque Estadual do Cerrado
located in Jaguariava County (24u099S,
50u189W) in southern Brazil. The park
covers an area of 426.62 ha and protects
some of the last remnants of the cerrado
vegetation in Parana´ (Uhlmann et al.
1998). It contains both forest and grass-
land.
Among the many insects reared from
fruits of legumes during this study were
several specimens of microlepidoptera,
including a new species of Holcocera
(Coleophoridae: Blastobasinae), which is
described herein to make its scientific
name available for inclusion in a list of
insects associated with plants of the
Brazilian cerrado.
Holcocera is represented by about 70
species worldwide, and its center of
diversity is in the New World tropics.
The genus is characterized by having the
ventrolateral margins of the gnathos
fused with the tegumen, an aedeagus
with a multisetose anellus, and proximal
flange of the valva with a pointed apex.
Although many undescribed Holcocera
are represented in major institutional
and in private collections, undoubtedly,
more species will be obtained through
future efforts of collectors, especially in
tropical regions worldwide. Several host
relationships are known for the genus.
For example, Holcocera gigantella Cham-
bers and H. paradoxa Powell feed on
seeds and pods of Yucca spp. (Liliaceae);
H. chalcofrontella feed on the seeds of
Rhus sp. (Anacardiaceae); H. panurgella
Heinrich and H. vilella (Busck) feed on
the seeds of pine (Pinaceae); and several
undescribed species (Adamski and Brown
1989) are associated with plants within
the Fagaceae, Rosaceae, Solanaceae, Sal-
icaceae, and a fungus within Polypora-
ceae. In addition, several species of
Holcocera are known scavengers and/or
predators, feeding on scales and aphids,
while some species are either gall inducers
or secondarily associated with galls.
In describing the new species, the gross
morphological observations and mea-
surements of the adult vestiture were
made using a dissecting microscope
(deflected light) with a calibrated micro-
meter. The Methuen Handbook of Col-
our (Kornerup and Wanschner 1978)
was used as a color standard. Genitalia
were dissected as described by Clarke
(1941) except that mercurochrome and
chlorazol black were used as stains.
Pinned specimens and genital prepara-
tions were examined with dissecting and
compound microscopes respectively.
Wings were prepared cleared and dry-
mounted on slides following Borror,
Delong and Triplehorn (1981), except
glass slide covers were used instead of
‘‘masks’’ to protect the specimens. Mea-
surements of the wings were made using
a calibrated ocular micrometer. The
holotype is deposited in the Colec¸o de
Entomologia Pe. Jesus Santiago Moure,
Departmento de Zoologia, Universidade
Federal do Parana´ (DZUP), Curitiba,
Parana´, Brazil. Paratypes are deposited
in the DZUP and the National Museum
of Natural History (USNM), Smithso-
nian Institution, Washington, DC, USA.
Each specimen deposited in DZUP is
labeled with a museum accession num-
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ber. Placement of plant species within the
family Leguminosae follows Wojcie-
chowski et al., (2004).
Holcocera cerradicola, Adamski and
Ribeiro-Costa, new species
(Figs. 1–5)
Diagnosis.—Holcocera cerradicola is
similar to H. bucinae Adamski (2002)
from Costa Rica by sharing a raised
basal fascia of the forewing, a basal
process near the dorsal articulation of
the valva, and an elongate anellus of the
aedeagus; it differs from the latter by
having a wider gnathos, a more protu-
berant basal process near the dorsal
articulation of the valva, an emarginate
ventral margin of the juxta, a smaller
proximal flange, and a uniformly curved
internal sclerite of the aedeagus.
Description.—Head: Scales of vertex
and frontoclypeus brownish gray tipped
with pale brownish gray; outer surface of
labial palpus with gray scales tipped with
white, inner surface as above but darker
or first and second articles as above and
third article gray; scape of antenna gray
intermixed with pale-gray scales, pecten
pale gray, flagellum gray; first flagello-
mere widened basally, forming a flat-
tened lobe with a dense cluster of sex
scales on inner surface in male, unmod-
ified in female; proboscis pale gray.
Thorax: Tegula and mesonotum
dark brownish gray basally, brownish
distally with scales tipped with white.
Legs with dark brownish gray inter-
mixed with few scales tipped with white,
all segments with a band of pale
brownish-gray scales at base, near mid-
dle, and at distal end; tarsomeres dark
brownish gray with a narrow band of
brownish-gray scales distally. Forewing
(Figs. 1–2) length 7.2–9.2 mm (n 5 9),
pale brownish gray intermixed with
dark brownish-gray scales and scales
tipped with white; base with a narrow
band of raised pale brownish gray and
raised dark brownish scales; cell with 3
small dark brownish-gray spots, one
near midcell and two near distal end;
marginal spots present or absent. Un-
dersurface brown. Venation with R4 and
R5 stalked near distal end; M2 closer to
M3 than to M1; CuA1 closer to M3 than
to CuA2; retinaculum with setae on
bases of Sc and radius. Hindwing
(Figs. 1–2) translucent near base, grad-
ually darkening to brown apex. Vena-
tion with cubitus 4-branched, with M2
broadly arched from base, M3 and CuA1
straight and divergent from bases, and
CuA2 beyond middle of cell.
Abdomen: Terga 2–7 with several,
irregular rows of spinelike setae in male,
setae on terga 2–6 in female.
Fig. 1. Holotype -, of Holcocera cerradicola.
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Figs. 2–4. Holcocera cerradicola. 2, Wing venation. 3, Genital capsule. 4, Aedeagus.
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Male genitalia (Figs. 3–4): Uncus
sparsely setose, slightly elongate, gradu-
ally tapering to a rounded apex; gnathos
weakly fused to tegumen by a pair of
dorsoposterior and ventroanterior arms,
ventroposterior margin slightly emargin-
ate medially; vinculum narrow; juxta
emarginate ventrally; valva with a digi-
tate upper part; lower part relatively
broad, distally produced into an up-
turned spinelike process; valva with a
large lobelike process near dorsal artic-
ulation; proximal flange large, sparsely
setose apically; aedeagus widened basal-
ly, gradually narrowing to apex; internal
sclerite of aedeagus fused with base of
anellus; anellus pointed apically, with
many microsetae.
Female genitalia (Fig. 5): Ovipositor
with 3 telescopic subdivisions posterior to
eighth segment; eighth sternum setose on
distal third, broadly emarginate along
anterior margin; lower part of ostium
demarcated by a narrow, semicircular
rim; antrum sparsely spinulate, slightly
widened anteriorly, with small, darkly
pigmented area posterior to inception of
ductus seminalis; anterior part of ductus
bursae sparsely spinulate, with spinulation
continuing into corpus bursae; corpus
bursae with a large diamond-shaped
signum; signum slightly spinulate, with a
slightly raised, transverse ridge.
Types.—Holotype: -, ‘‘Jaguariava,
Parana´, Brasil, 13-XI-2003, Sari, L.T.,
Leg.’’; ‘‘Stryphnodendron adstringens, Cer-
rado, sensu stricto (CSS)’’; ‘‘D. Adamski
- Genitalia Slide No. 5660’’ [yellow
label], ‘‘DZ 10.223’’. Deposited in DZUP.
Paratypes (3 -, 6 U): Same label data
as holotype except, 1-, ‘‘2-XII-2003’’;
‘‘Campo Cerrado’’; ‘‘- Genitalia Slide by
DA, USNM 83233’’ [green label]; 1 U, ‘‘3-
X-2003’’; ‘‘Campo Cerrado’’; ‘‘U Genita-
lia Slide by DA, USNM 83235’’; 1U, ‘‘7-
X-2003’’; ‘‘Campo Cerrado’’; ‘‘U Genita-
lia Slide by DA, USNM 83234’’; 1 -, 1 U,
‘‘18-XI-2003’’; ‘‘Campo Cerrado’’; ‘‘-
Genitalia Slide by D. Adamski,
No. 5661’’ [yellow label], ‘‘DZ 10.099’’;
‘‘Sample 2’’; ‘‘U Genitalia Slide by DA,
USNM 83236’’; 1 U, ‘‘25-X-2003’’;
‘‘Campo Cerrado’’; ‘‘U Genitalia Slide
by D. Adamski, No. 5662’’ [yellow label],
‘‘DZ 10.030’’; 1 U, ‘‘2-XII-2003’’; ‘‘Cam-
po Cerrado’’; ‘‘Sample 2’’; ‘‘U Genitalia
Slide by D. Adamski, No. 5663a,’’ ‘‘U
Wing Slide by D. Adamski, No. 5663b’’
[yellow labels], ‘‘DZ 10.478’’; 1 U, ‘‘9-I-
2004’’; ‘‘Bauhinia holophylla, Campo sujo,
(CS)’’; ‘‘U Genitalia Slide by D. Adamski,
No. 5664’’ [yellow label], ‘‘DZ 10.477’’.
Fig. 5. Female genitalia of Holcocera cerradi-
cola.
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Four paratypes in DZUP, 4 paratypes in
[USNM].
Hosts.—Bauhinia holophylla Steud
(Caesalpinioideae: Leguminosae) and
Stryphnodendron adstringens (Mart.)
(Mimosoideae: Leguminosae).
Etymology.—The species epithet ‘‘cer-
radicola’’ is derived from the root ‘‘cer-
rado,’’ the habitat from where the type
series was collected, and the Latin suffix,
-cola, meaning ‘‘inhabitant of.’’
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We thank James F. DiLoreto, Office
of Imaging and Photographic Services,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington,
D.C., for the digital processing and
preparation of the plates, and Diana
Marques of Portugal for the fine illus-
trations of the male and female genitalia.
This research was sponsored by the
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento
Cientı´fico e Technolo´gico (CNPq) and
represents contribution no. 1714 of
the Departmento de Zoologica, Univer-
sidade Federal do Parana´, Curitiba,
Brazil.
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University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory Entomology Collections, Miscellaneous 2008 A New Holcocera Clemens, 1863 (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae) Associated with Leguminous Plants from the Brazilian Cerrado David Adamski Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 168, Washington, D.C., 20013- 7012, U.S.A., adamskid@si.edu Cibele S. Ribeiro-Costa Departmento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Parana´ , Caixa Postal 19020, 81513-980, Curitiba, Parana´ , Brazil, stra@ufpr.br Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/systentomologyusda  Part of the Entomology Commons Adamski, David and Ribeiro-Costa, Cibele S., "A New Holcocera Clemens, 1863 (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae) Associated with Leguminous Plants from the Brazilian Cerrado" (2008). USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory. 47. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/systentomologyusda/47 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Entomology Collections, Miscellaneous at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. A NEW HOLCOCERA CLEMENS, 1863 (LEPIDOPTERA:COLEOPHORIDAE) ASSOCIATED WITH LEGUMINOUS PLANTS FROMTHE BRAZILIAN CERRADODAVID ADAMSKI AND CIBELE S. RIBEIRO-COSTA(DA) Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History,Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 168, Washington, D.C., 20013-7012, U.S.A. (e-mail: david.adamski@ars.usda.gov); (CSRC) Departmento deZoologia, Universidade Federal do Parana´, Caixa Postal 19020, 81513-980, Curitiba,Parana´, Brazil (e-mail: stra@ufpr.br)Abstract.—Holcocera cerradicola, n. sp., is described from the Brazilian cerrado inParana´. Adults were obtained from field-collected larvae from fruits of twoleguminous plant species, Bauhinia holophylla Steud (Caesalpinioideae) andStryphnodendron adstringens (Mart.) Coville (Mimosoideae). These observationsrepresent the first documented association between Holcocerini and Leguminosae. Aphotograph of the holotype and illustrations of wing venation and male and femalegenitalia are provided.Key Words: Brazil, cerrado, legumes, Neotropics, savanna, taxonomyExcept for Amazonia, the cerrado isBrazil’s largest biome. This vast savannaonce extended over 2 million km2, aboutone fourth of the country’s land area(Oliveira-Filho & Ratter 1995), but isnow reduced to 356,630 km2, or about20% of its estimated original size (DaFonseca et al. 2000). The primary reasonfor the reduction of this large savanna isincreased agricultural pressure exertedby soybean, cotton, and cattle farmers(Dias 1990, Scariot et al. 2005).The cerrado occupies most of theCentral Plain of Brazil, a major portionof the states of Tocantins, Goia´s, MatoGrosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, MinasGerais, Bahia, Maranha˜o, Piauı´, andparts of Sa˜o Paulo, Para´, Roraima,Amapa´, and Rondoˆnia, and extendsmarginally into eastern Paraguay (Man-tovani and Pereira 1998). Despite itsreduction in size, it remains the largestwoodland savanna region in SouthAmerica and sustains some of the richestsavanna flora in the world.Nearly 6,500 plant species have beenrecorded from the cerrado (Mendoc¸a etal. 1998), including about 44% of all theendemic vascular plants known fromBrazil (Silva and Bates 2002). This isone of the major reasons the BrazilianCerrado is considered one of the top 25conservation ‘‘hotspots’’ in the world(Myers et al. 2000).In Parana´, the remnant cerrado isfragmented (Ferri 1979, Uhlmann et al.1998) and is similar to the savanna areasin other parts of the country, differingonly by higher pluviometric indices,evenly distributed rains throughout theyear, and a mean temperature of about15uC (Leite 2002).In the savanna, studies of fruitsprovide valuable information on associ-PROC. ENTOMOL. SOC. WASH.110(3), 2008, pp. 737–742ations between various plant species andvertebrate and invertebrate life. Fruitscontain a higher level of energy per unitarea than other plant parts and areessential elements for plant reproduc-tion. Insects that feed on fruits and theirseeds can be key factors affecting thedynamics, distribution, and evolution ofplants in the savanna (Zhang et al. 1997).However, little is known about the insectfauna, their hosts, and their predator andparasite complexes in the Brazilian Cer-rado, and studies of this kind have notbeen undertaken in this region untilrecently.Studies focusing on the interactionsbetween the insect fauna associated withleguminous fruits in the Brazilian Cer-rado were initiated in Parana´ in 2003at The Parque Estadual do Cerradolocated in Jaguariava County (24u099S,50u189W) in southern Brazil. The parkcovers an area of 426.62 ha and protectssome of the last remnants of the cerradovegetation in Parana´ (Uhlmann et al.1998). It contains both forest and grass-land.Among the many insects reared fromfruits of legumes during this study wereseveral specimens of microlepidoptera,including a new species of Holcocera(Coleophoridae: Blastobasinae), which isdescribed herein to make its scientificname available for inclusion in a list ofinsects associated with plants of theBrazilian cerrado.Holcocera is represented by about 70species worldwide, and its center ofdiversity is in the New World tropics.The genus is characterized by having theventrolateral margins of the gnathosfused with the tegumen, an aedeaguswith a multisetose anellus, and proximalflange of the valva with a pointed apex.Although many undescribed Holcoceraare represented in major institutionaland in private collections, undoubtedly,more species will be obtained throughfuture efforts of collectors, especially intropical regions worldwide. Several hostrelationships are known for the genus.For example, Holcocera gigantella Cham-bers and H. paradoxa Powell feed onseeds and pods of Yucca spp. (Liliaceae);H. chalcofrontella feed on the seeds ofRhus sp. (Anacardiaceae); H. panurgellaHeinrich and H. vilella (Busck) feed onthe seeds of pine (Pinaceae); and severalundescribed species (Adamski and Brown1989) are associated with plants withinthe Fagaceae, Rosaceae, Solanaceae, Sal-icaceae, and a fungus within Polypora-ceae. In addition, several species ofHolcocera are known scavengers and/orpredators, feeding on scales and aphids,while some species are either gall inducersor secondarily associated with galls.In describing the new species, the grossmorphological observations and mea-surements of the adult vestiture weremade using a dissecting microscope(deflected light) with a calibrated micro-meter. The Methuen Handbook of Col-our (Kornerup and Wanschner 1978)was used as a color standard. Genitaliawere dissected as described by Clarke(1941) except that mercurochrome andchlorazol black were used as stains.Pinned specimens and genital prepara-tions were examined with dissecting andcompound microscopes respectively.Wings were prepared cleared and dry-mounted on slides following Borror,Delong and Triplehorn (1981), exceptglass slide covers were used instead of‘‘masks’’ to protect the specimens. Mea-surements of the wings were made usinga calibrated ocular micrometer. Theholotype is deposited in the Colec¸o deEntomologia Pe. Jesus Santiago Moure,Departmento de Zoologia, UniversidadeFederal do Parana´ (DZUP), Curitiba,Parana´, Brazil. Paratypes are depositedin the DZUP and the National Museumof Natural History (USNM), Smithso-nian Institution, Washington, DC, USA.Each specimen deposited in DZUP islabeled with a museum accession num-738 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTONber. Placement of plant species within thefamily Leguminosae follows Wojcie-chowski et al., (2004).Holcocera cerradicola, Adamski andRibeiro-Costa, new species(Figs. 1–5)Diagnosis.—Holcocera cerradicola issimilar to H. bucinae Adamski (2002)from Costa Rica by sharing a raisedbasal fascia of the forewing, a basalprocess near the dorsal articulation ofthe valva, and an elongate anellus of theaedeagus; it differs from the latter byhaving a wider gnathos, a more protu-berant basal process near the dorsalarticulation of the valva, an emarginateventral margin of the juxta, a smallerproximal flange, and a uniformly curvedinternal sclerite of the aedeagus.Description.—Head: Scales of vertexand frontoclypeus brownish gray tippedwith pale brownish gray; outer surface oflabial palpus with gray scales tipped withwhite, inner surface as above but darkeror first and second articles as above andthird article gray; scape of antenna grayintermixed with pale-gray scales, pectenpale gray, flagellum gray; first flagello-mere widened basally, forming a flat-tened lobe with a dense cluster of sexscales on inner surface in male, unmod-ified in female; proboscis pale gray.Thorax: Tegula and mesonotumdark brownish gray basally, brownishdistally with scales tipped with white.Legs with dark brownish gray inter-mixed with few scales tipped with white,all segments with a band of palebrownish-gray scales at base, near mid-dle, and at distal end; tarsomeres darkbrownish gray with a narrow band ofbrownish-gray scales distally. Forewing(Figs. 1–2) length 7.2–9.2 mm (n 5 9),pale brownish gray intermixed withdark brownish-gray scales and scalestipped with white; base with a narrowband of raised pale brownish gray andraised dark brownish scales; cell with 3small dark brownish-gray spots, onenear midcell and two near distal end;marginal spots present or absent. Un-dersurface brown. Venation with R4 andR5 stalked near distal end; M2 closer toM3 than to M1; CuA1 closer to M3 thanto CuA2; retinaculum with setae onbases of Sc and radius. Hindwing(Figs. 1–2) translucent near base, grad-ually darkening to brown apex. Vena-tion with cubitus 4-branched, with M2broadly arched from base, M3 and CuA1straight and divergent from bases, andCuA2 beyond middle of cell.Abdomen: Terga 2–7 with several,irregular rows of spinelike setae in male,setae on terga 2–6 in female.Fig. 1. Holotype -, of Holcocera cerradicola.VOLUME 110, NUMBER 3 739Figs. 2–4. Holcocera cerradicola. 2, Wing venation. 3, Genital capsule. 4, Aedeagus.740 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTONMale genitalia (Figs. 3–4): Uncussparsely setose, slightly elongate, gradu-ally tapering to a rounded apex; gnathosweakly fused to tegumen by a pair ofdorsoposterior and ventroanterior arms,ventroposterior margin slightly emargin-ate medially; vinculum narrow; juxtaemarginate ventrally; valva with a digi-tate upper part; lower part relativelybroad, distally produced into an up-turned spinelike process; valva with alarge lobelike process near dorsal artic-ulation; proximal flange large, sparselysetose apically; aedeagus widened basal-ly, gradually narrowing to apex; internalsclerite of aedeagus fused with base ofanellus; anellus pointed apically, withmany microsetae.Female genitalia (Fig. 5): Ovipositorwith 3 telescopic subdivisions posterior toeighth segment; eighth sternum setose ondistal third, broadly emarginate alonganterior margin; lower part of ostiumdemarcated by a narrow, semicircularrim; antrum sparsely spinulate, slightlywidened anteriorly, with small, darklypigmented area posterior to inception ofductus seminalis; anterior part of ductusbursae sparsely spinulate, with spinulationcontinuing into corpus bursae; corpusbursae with a large diamond-shapedsignum; signum slightly spinulate, with aslightly raised, transverse ridge.Types.—Holotype: -, ‘‘Jaguariava,Parana´, Brasil, 13-XI-2003, Sari, L.T.,Leg.’’; ‘‘Stryphnodendron adstringens, Cer-rado, sensu stricto (CSS)’’; ‘‘D. Adamski- Genitalia Slide No. 5660’’ [yellowlabel], ‘‘DZ 10.223’’. Deposited in DZUP.Paratypes (3 -, 6 U): Same label dataas holotype except, 1-, ‘‘2-XII-2003’’;‘‘Campo Cerrado’’; ‘‘- Genitalia Slide byDA, USNM 83233’’ [green label]; 1 U, ‘‘3-X-2003’’; ‘‘Campo Cerrado’’; ‘‘U Genita-lia Slide by DA, USNM 83235’’; 1U, ‘‘7-X-2003’’; ‘‘Campo Cerrado’’; ‘‘U Genita-lia Slide by DA, USNM 83234’’; 1 -, 1 U,‘‘18-XI-2003’’; ‘‘Campo Cerrado’’; ‘‘-Genitalia Slide by D. Adamski,No. 5661’’ [yellow label], ‘‘DZ 10.099’’;‘‘Sample 2’’; ‘‘U Genitalia Slide by DA,USNM 83236’’; 1 U, ‘‘25-X-2003’’;‘‘Campo Cerrado’’; ‘‘U Genitalia Slideby D. Adamski, No. 5662’’ [yellow label],‘‘DZ 10.030’’; 1 U, ‘‘2-XII-2003’’; ‘‘Cam-po Cerrado’’; ‘‘Sample 2’’; ‘‘U GenitaliaSlide by D. Adamski, No. 5663a,’’ ‘‘UWing Slide by D. Adamski, No. 5663b’’[yellow labels], ‘‘DZ 10.478’’; 1 U, ‘‘9-I-2004’’; ‘‘Bauhinia holophylla, Campo sujo,(CS)’’; ‘‘U Genitalia Slide by D. Adamski,No. 5664’’ [yellow label], ‘‘DZ 10.477’’.Fig. 5. 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A New \u3ci\u3eHolcocera\u3c/i\u3e Clemens, 1863 (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae) Associated with Leguminous Plants from the Brazilian Cerrado

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