Carposina exochana
Carposina exochana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Carposinidae |
Genus: | Carposina |
Species: | C. exochana |
Binomial name | |
Carposina exochana (Meyrick, 1888)[1] | |
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Carposina exochana is a moth of the Carposinidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand.
The wingspan is about 21 mm. The head and thorax are ochreous-white. The antennae, abdomen and legs are ochreous-whitish, the anterior legs suffused with dark fuscous. The pale whitish-ochreous forewings are elongate, scarcely dilated, the costa moderately arched, the apex round-pointed, the hindmargin faintly sinuate and rather strongly oblique. There are about ten small irregular scattered black dots in the disc and a subterminal series of irregular cloudy black dots, obsolete towards the costa and inner margin. The hindwings and cilia are ochreous-whitish.
References
- ↑ "Lepidoptera of New Zealand". Landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
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