Carposina petraea

Carposina petraea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Carposinidae
Genus:	Carposina
Species:	C. petraea
Binomial name
	Carposina petraea; Meyrick, 1910
Synonyms
	Carposina eulopha Turner, 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

^ 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.
^ "New Australian Lepidoptera of the Family Tortricidae".

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[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".

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