Holcophora pruinosella ( Chretien , 1915) Chretien, 1915

Adamski, David & Sattler, Klaus, 2019, Holcophora Staudinger, 1871, a senior synonym of Aponoea Walsingham, 1905, syn. n., (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Gelechiidae): with Holcophorainderskella (Caradja, 1920), comb. n., transferred from Blastobasis Zeller, 1855 (Blastobasidae), Nota Lepidopterologica 42 (1), pp. 17-25 : 23

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scientific name	Holcophora pruinosella ( Chretien , 1915)
status	comb. n.

Treatment

Holcophora pruinosella ( Chretien, 1915) View in CoL comb. n.

Aponaea [sic!] pruinosella Chrétien, 1915: 330. Syntypes, unspecified sex, TUNISIA: Gafsa, ex Statice pruinosa , v, vi., em. vii. ( Chrétien). (MNHN, Paris).

Hostplant.

Limonium pruinosum Chaz. (' Statice pruinosa ') ( Chrétien 1915: 330) - Plumbaginaceae .

Distribution.

Palaearctic: North Africa (Tunisia).

Remarks.

Aponaea pruinosella was described by Chrétien from an unspecified number of specimens from Gafsa, bred from larvae feeding in May and June on Limonium pruinosum ( Plumbaginaceae ), the adults emerging in July. Not examined.