Carposina sublucida

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Carposina sublucida
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Carposinidae
Genus: Carposina
Species:
C. sublucida
Binomial name
Carposina sublucida
Diakonoff, 1989 [1]

Carposina sublucida is a moth in the family Carposinidae. It is found on the Canary Islands, [2] specifically on La Gomera. [1]

The wingspan is about 13 mm for males and 14 mm for females. The larvae live on Aeonium [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Diakonoff, A. (1988). "Three new species of the genus Carposina from Makaronesia (Lepidoptera: Carposinidae)" (PDF). Stapfia. 16: 77–84.
  2. "Carposina sublucida Diakonoff, 1989". Fauna Europaea . 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2024.