genus

Calopteron

Field notes

Calopteron is a genus of net-winged beetles in the family Lycidae.

They are toxic and have aposematic coloration. Some species of moths are mimics (Lycomorpha pholus, Pyromorpha dimidiata).

There are about 13 described species in Calopteron.

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided