Carposina chersodes

Carposina chersodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Carposinidae
Genus:	Carposina
Species:	C. chersodes
Binomial name
	Carposina chersodes; Meyrick, 1915

Last updated August 13, 2025

Carposina chersodes is a moth in the family Carposinidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1915. It is found in Eritrea.^[1]

This species has a wingspan of 14 mm. Its larvae feed on Olea chrysophylla .^[2]

References

↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Carposina chersodes Meyrick, 1915". Afromoths. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
↑ Silvestri (1915). Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia generale e agraria della R. Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura de Portici. 9: 240-334. (in Italian)

Meyerick,[ sic?] E. (1915). "Carposina chersodes Meyerick n. sp." Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia generale e agraria della R. Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura de Portici. 9: 333.

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[1] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Carposina chersodes Meyrick, 1915". Afromoths. Retrieved August 19, 2020.

[2] Silvestri (1915). Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia generale e agraria della R. Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura de Portici. 9: 240-334. (in Italian)

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