Carposina sasakii
Carposina sasakii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Carposinidae |
Genus: | Carposina |
Species: | C. sasakii |
Binomial name | |
Carposina sasakii Matsumura, 1900 | |
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The Peach Fruit Moth (Carposina sasakii) is a species of moth of the Carposinidae family.[1] It is endemic to large parts of Asia, including Japan, Korea, China and Russia (Amurskaya oblast, Khabarovskii krai, Primorskii krai). It is an introduced species in Texas.
The wingspan is 13–17 mm.
The larvae feed on various fruits and are considered a pest on peach, apple, pear, apricot and plum. Furthermore, recorded larval food plants include jute, Crataegus species, Cydonia oblonga and Ziziphus sativa.
Taxonomy
Carposina sasakii is a replacement name for Carposina niponensis.
References
- ↑ "Species Carposina sasakii - Peach Fruit Moth - Hodges# 2314". BugGuide.Net. Retrieved 2011-12-19.