Calosima albapenella

Calosima albapenella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Blastobasidae
Genus: Calosima
Species: C. albapenella
Binomial name
Calosima albapenella
(Chambers, 1875)[1]
Synonyms
  • Butalis albapenella Chambers, 1875
  • Scythris albapenella
  • Blastobasis citrocolella Chambers, 1880
  • Comstockia citrocolella
  • Holcocera nana Dietz, 1910
  • Blastobasis citricolella Chambers, 1880
  • Zenodochium citricolella
  • Blastobasis citriella

Calosima albapenella is a moth in the Blastobasidae family. It is found in the North America, including Texas and Florida.[2]

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are white, suffused and sprinkled with brownish fuscous intermixed with pale fawn brown. The hindwings are shining pale-brownish grey.

The larvae have been found in dry oranges, infested by the beetle Arseocerus fasciculatus.

References

  1. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  2. ↑ Adamski, D; Hodges, R W (1996). "An annotated list of North American Blastobasinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Coleophoridae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 98: 708–740.
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