Carposina berberidella

Carposina berberidella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Carposinidae
Genus: Carposina
Species: C. berberidella
Binomial name
Carposina berberidella
Herrich-Schäffer, 1853[1]

Carposina berberidella is a moth of the Carposinidae family. It is found from Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, former Yugoslavia and the European part of Russia to the Middle East.[2]

The wingspan is about 14.5 mm.[3] The forewings are brown-gray and the hindwings darkened.

The larvae feed on Berberis species. They feed inside the fruit of their host plant.[4]

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