Calosima albapenella

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

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

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.