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Choreutidae 47a0015 – 2635.1   Caloreas molpastes Heppner, 2022

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Distribution: "Great Basin, from north-central Utah to northeastern California, with likely intervening sites in highland areas of Nevada and southern Idaho above 1500m." - Heppner (2022). Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: molpastes Heppner, 2022 (Caloreas)   Type locality: Holotype: Mt. Timpanogos, Utah Co., UT. Taxonomic Notes: Caloreas molpastes Heppner, 2022, n. sp., Lepidoptera Novae, 15(1-2): 45.

References

Heppner, J.B., 2022. Nearctic Metalmark Moths, 6. Genus Caloreas and new genus Neocaloreas (Lepidoptera: Choreutidae: Choreutinae). Lepidoptera Novae, 15(1-2): 45; Fig. 12, 15-16, 27-28, F3, M3.

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