Species Caloreas apocynoglossa - Hodges#2634

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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 Caloreas

Species apocynoglossa (Caloreas apocynoglossa - Hodges#2634)

Hodges Number

2634

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Caloreas apocynoglossa (Heppner, 1976) (1)

Choreutis apocynoglossa Heppner, 1976

Phylogenetic Sequence # 580011

Size

Forewing length 5.5-.5 mm.(1)

Identification

University of California, Berkeley - large photo of pinned adult.

Range

"Coastal California, from San Mateo Co. northwards to Mendocino Co." (2)

Holotype: Del Valle Lk. [Rocky Ridge, 8 air mi. SSE Livermore], Patterson Reserve, Alameda Co., CA.

Season

Adults are most often reported from February to May; October. (3)

See Also

Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.

Other species in this genus, such as Caloreas occidentella are virtually identical and found in the same range.

Print References

Heppner, J.B., 1976. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 52(3): 256, figs 1-3.

Powell, J.A., & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, p. 122, pl. 12.14.(1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Works Cited

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

2.	Nearctic Metalmark Moths, 6. Genus Caloreas and new genus Neocaloreas (Lepidoptera: Choreutidae: Choreutinae) Heppner, J.B. 2022. Lepidoptera Novae, 15(1-2): 37-88.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 20 August, 2011 - 3:18pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 9 August, 2022 - 3:10pm

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