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 United States, 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 gray.

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.