Carposina chersodes

Species of moth

Carposina chersodes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Carposinidae
Genus: Carposina
Species:
C. chersodes
Binomial name
Carposina chersodes
Meyrick, 1915

Carposina chersodes is a moth in the family Carposinidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1915. It is found in Eritrea.[1]

This species has a wingspan of 14 mm. Its larvae feed on Olea chrysophylla.[2]

References

  1. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Carposina chersodes Meyrick, 1915". Afromoths. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
  2. ^ Silvestri (1915). Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia generale e agraria della R. Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura de Portici. 9: 240-334. (in Italian)
  • Meyerick, [sic?] E. (1915). "Carposina chersodes Meyerick n. sp." Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia generale e agraria della R. Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura de Portici. 9: 333.
Taxon identifiers
Carposina chersodes


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