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Carposina petraea

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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 Carposinidae family. It was described by 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 with dark-fuscous. The hindwings are whitish-grey.[2]

References

  1. ^ LepIndex
  2. ^ New Australian Lepidoptera of the Family Tortricidae


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