Caloreas leucobasis

Caloreas leucobasis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Choreutidae
Genus:	Caloreas
Species:	C. leucobasis
Binomial name
	Caloreas leucobasis; (Dyar, 1900)
Synonyms
	Choreutis leucobasis Dyar, 1900;

Caloreas leucobasis is a moth of the family Choreutidae. It is found in North America, including Oregon, Quebec, Ontario, Alberta and California.

The forewings have a distinctive cream base. Beyond the base, they are heavily marked with black spots and bluish scaling. The median area and terminal line have chocolate brown shading and some cream is visible in postmedial area. The fringe is brownish. The hindwings are warm brown, but slightly darker toward the outer margin. The fringe is paler brown. The head and thorax are cream and the abdomen is brown with light scales at the end of each segment.^[1]

In Canada, adults have been recorded from mid May to early July.

References[]

^ "Ontario Insects" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2011-12-19.

External links[]

This article on a moth of the family Choreutidae is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

[1] "Ontario Insects" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2011-12-19.

[1]