Carposina autologa

Carposina autologa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Carposinidae
Genus:	Carposina
Species:	C. autologa
Binomial name
Carposina autologa Meyrick, 1910
Synonyms
Carposina sysciodesTurner, 1947

Carposina autologa, the hakea seed-moth, is a moth in the Carposinidae family. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia. ^[1] It has been released in South Africa for the biological control Hakea sericea . ^{[2] [3]}

The wingspan is about 10 mm.

The larvae feed on the seeds of Hakea sericea and Hakea nodosa . ^[4]

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Carposina autologa​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
2. The impact of the Hakea seed-moth Carposina autologa (Carposinidae) on the canopy-stored seeds of the weed Hakea sericea (Proteaceae)
3. "Gordon, A.J., 1993. The Biological Control of Hakea Sericea Schrade by the Hakea Seed-Moth, Carposina autologa Meyrick, in South Africa. - Rhodes University: 1-135". Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2016-01-03.
4. lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog