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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Metalmark Moths (Choreutoidea) » Metalmark Moths (Choreutidae) » Choreutinae » Caloreas
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Moth on Mertensia franciscana - Caloreas
Copyright © 2013 margarethe brummermann

Moth on Mertensia franciscana - Caloreas
Mt Graham 10,000 feet, Graham County, Arizona, USA
June 14, 2013
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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 16 June, 2013 - 12:19pm
Last updated 9 August, 2022 - 2:54pm

Moved
Moved from Caloreas apocynoglossa.

Out of range for apocynoglossa which is only known from coastal California. Several new species described in Heppner (2022)(1).
… Steve Nanz, 9 August, 2022 - 2:54pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… margarethe brummermann, 20 June, 2013 - 8:34am login or register to post comments

Metalmark Moth?
Something like this? (Not an ID)



By the way, you need to correct "Immature" to "Adult" ;)
… Yurika Alexander, 20 June, 2013 - 12:53am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Yurika
seems to be it. By the way are you aware of the BugGuide gathering in AZ this year? check out the left side of the page (scroll down)
… margarethe brummermann, 20 June, 2013 - 12:00pm login or register to post comments

Bee mimic
the moths were using the holes chewed by the bees. In my photo thumbnails I realized that an upside down moth looks very much like one of the bees. This comensale seems to have been associated with these bees for a long time
… margarethe brummermann, 16 June, 2013 - 12:22pm login or register to post comments

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