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