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Species Neocaloreas multimarginata - Hodges#2640

Caloreas multimarginata - Neocaloreas multimarginata

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Choreutoidea (Metalmark Moths)

Family Choreutidae (Metalmark Moths)

Subfamily Choreutinae

Genus Neocaloreas

Species multimarginata (Neocaloreas multimarginata - Hodges#2640)

Hodges Number

2640

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Caloreas multimarginata (Braun, 1925)

Choreutis melanifera Keifer, 1937

Choreutis multimarginata Braun, 1925 (1)

Phylogenetic Sequence # 580017

Size

Wingspan: 12 mm (1).

Identification

Very similar to C. leucobasis, which has white-tipped black scales, whereas C. multimarginata has white-margined black scales (1) (2).

Range

Records from Utah (1), California (3), and British Columbia (4).

Season

The single adult Braun (1925) reared emerged in July in Utah (1). MPG includes records from January to August in California (3).

Food

Braun (1925) reared it from a mint (Lamiaceae) (1).

Life Cycle

The larvae spin a web between several mint leaves (1).

Print References

Braun, A. 1925. Microlepidoptera of Northern Utah. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 51(3): 203-204. (1)

Internet References

Species page at Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (3)

Species page at The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Works Cited

1.	Microlepidoptera of Northern Utah Braun, Annette. 1925. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 51(3), 183-226.

2.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 17 January, 2017 - 5:45pm
Additional contributions by Blocky, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 25 April, 2023 - 2:36pm

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