Carposina gonosemana

Carposina gonosemana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Carposinidae
Genus:	Carposina
Species:	C. gonosemana
Binomial name
Carposina gonosemana (Meyrick, 1882)[1]
Synonyms
Heterocrossa gonosemana Meyrick, 1882

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

The wingspan is 17–19 mm. The head and thorax are white. The forewings are narrow, the costa gently arched, somewhat bent before the middle and the hindmargin straight. They are white with scattered grey scales. There is a short thick black streak running along the base of the costa, followed by a black dot. The hindwings and cilia are whitish.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on seeds and fruit of Griselinia lucida.^[2]

References

1. "Lepidoptera of New Zealand". Landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
2. "Insect predation of seeds of native New Zealand woody plants in some central South Island localities" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-19.