| Carposina viridis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Carposinidae |
| Genus: | Carposina |
| Species: | C. viridis |
| Binomial name | |
| Carposina viridis (Walsingham, 1907) | |
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Carposina viridis, the green carposinid moth, 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 Kauai and Oahu.
The larvae feed on Cyrtandra cordifolia . The larvae bore in the stem of their host plant.
