# Hamilcara

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***Hamilcara*** is a [monotypic](/source/Monotypic) genus of [moths](/source/Moths) in the family [Cossidae](/source/Cossidae). Its only species, ***Hamilcara atra***, is found in North America, where it has been recorded from [Arizona](/source/Arizona). The genus and species were first described by [William Barnes](/source/William_Barnes_(entomologist)) and [James Halliday McDunnough](/source/James_Halliday_McDunnough) in 1910.[1][2][3]

## Former species

- *Hamilcara gilensis* Barnes & McDunnough, 1910, now *[Psychonoctua gilensis](/source/Psychonoctua_gilensis)* (Barnes & McDunnough, 1910)
- *Hamilcara ramosa* (Schaus, 1892), now *[Aramos ramosa](/source/Aramos_ramosa)* (Schaus, 1892)

## References

1. Savela, Markku. ["*Hamilcara* Barnes & McDunnough, 1910"](http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/cossoidea/cossidae/zeuzerinae/hamilcara/). *Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms*. Retrieved June 15, 2019.

1. ["640001.00 – 2698 – *Hamilcara atra* – Barnes & McDunnough, 1910"](http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=2698). *North American Moth Photographers Group*. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 15, 2019.

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