Carposina adreptella

Carposina adreptella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Carposinidae
Genus: Carposina
Species: C. adreptella
Binomial name
Carposina adreptella
(Walker, 1864)[1]
Synonyms
  • Gelechia adreptella Walker, 1864
  • Heterocrossa adreptella
  • Paramorpha adreptella
  • Heterocrossa charaxias Meyrick, 1891

Carposina adreptella is a moth of the Carposinidae family. It is endemic to new Zealand.

Taxonomy

Meyrick misinterpreted Walker's type material and this species was long named the New Zealand raspberry budmoth, while this was in fact a species different from Carposina adreptella. It is now known as Carposina rubophaga.

References

  1. ↑ "Lepidoptera of New Zealand". Landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
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