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Choreutidae 47a0020 – 2636.3   Caloreas mertensiae Heppner, 2022

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Distribution: WY, CO, NM, UT; "Southern Wyoming to New Mexico and westwards in the high Uinta Mountains" - Heppner (2022). Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: mertensiae Heppner, 2022 (Caloreas)   Type locality: Holotype: Cowles, Sangre de Cristo Mts., NM. Taxonomic Notes: Caloreas mertensiae Heppner, 2022, n. sp., Lepidoptera Novae, 15(1-2): 49.

References

Heppner, J.B., 2022. Nearctic Metalmark Moths, 6. Genus Caloreas and new genus Neocaloreas (Lepidoptera: Choreutidae: Choreutinae). Lepidoptera Novae, 15(1-2): 49; Fig. 24, 26, 37, 52-53, F8, M8.

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