Carposina gracillima

Carposina gracillima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Carposinidae
Genus: Carposina
Species: C. gracillima
Binomial name
Carposina gracillima
(Walsingham, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Heterocrossa gracillima Walsingham, 1907

Carposina gracillima is a moth of the Carposinidae family.[1] It is endemic to Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui and Hawaii.

The larvae feed in the berries of Styphelia species.

References

  1. "Insects of Hawaii. Volume 9, Microlepidoptera". Scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu. 1999-02-22. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
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