Carposina petraea

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Carposina petraea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Carposinidae
Genus: Carposina
Species:
C. petraea
Binomial name
Carposina petraea
Meyrick, 1910
Synonyms
  • Carposina eulophaTurner, 1916

Carposina petraea is a moth in the family Carposinidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from South Australia and Victoria. [1]

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are whitish, unevenly suffused with grey and with ochreous, and irrorated (sprinkled) with dark fuscous. The hindwings are whitish grey. [2]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Carposina petraea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved April 28, 2018.
  2. "New Australian Lepidoptera of the Family Tortricidae". PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .