Carposina eriphylla

Carposina eriphylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Carposinidae
Genus:	Carposina
Species:	C. eriphylla
Binomial name
Carposina eriphylla (Meyrick, 1888)[1]
Synonyms
Heterocrossa eriphylla Meyrick, 1888

Carposina eriphylla is a moth of the Carposinidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand.

The wingspan is about 26 mm. The head and thorax are whitish-greenish and the shoulders olive-greenish. The palpi are whitish-greenish and the antennae are greyish-ochreous. The abdomen is pale whitish-ochreous and the legs dark fuscous. The forewings are elongate, posteriorly slightly dilated, the costa gently arched, the apex obtuse and the hindmargin straight. They are pale greenish, irregularly irrorated with white, especially towards the hindmargin. There are about eight small black spots on the costa. The hindwings and cilia are whitish.

The larvae are thought to facilitate the development of rot in beech trees by keeping wounds open to the air.^[2]

References

1. "Lepidoptera of New Zealand". Landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
2. "Tree holes as habitat for aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-19.