Carposina canescens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Carposinidae |
Genus: | Carposina |
Species: | C. canescens |
Binomial name | |
Carposina canescens Philpott, 1930[1] |
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Carposina canescens is a moth of the Carposinidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand.
The wingspan is 15–17 mm. The head, palpi and thorax are whitish-grey. The abdomen is whitish-ochreous. The forewings are grey with a faint greenish tinge and a black basal area on the costa, reaching half across wing and indicated below the middle by a few raised black scales. The hindwings are shining grey.