Carposina solutella

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

Carposina solutella 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 Oahu and Hawaii.

The larvae feed on Hedyotis species.

References

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