Carposina cinderella

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Carposina cinderella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Carposinidae
Genus: Carposina
Species:
C. cinderella
Binomial name
Carposina cinderella
Diakonoff, 1989

Carposina cinderella is a moth in the family Carposinidae. It is found on the Canary Islands. [1]

The wingspan is about 16.5 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous, densely dusted with dark grey. The hindwings are light grey, suffused with dark grey from the middle to the costa. [2]

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