Carposina nigronotata

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Carposina nigronotata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Carposinidae
Genus: Carposina
Species:
C. nigronotata
Binomial name
Carposina nigronotata
(Walsingham, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Heterocrossa nigronotataWalsingham, 1907

Carposina nigronotata is a moth of the family Carposinidae. [1] It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Maui and Hawaii.

The larvae feed in fruit and seeds of Myrsine lessertiana .

References

  1. Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.