Carposina chersodes
| Carposina chersodes | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Carposinidae |
| Genus: | Carposina |
| Species: | C. chersodes
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| Binomial name | |
| Carposina chersodes Meyrick, 1915
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Carposina chersodes is a moth in the family Carposinidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1915. It is found in Eritrea.[1]
This species has a wingspan of 14 mm. Its larvae feed on Olea chrysophylla.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Carposina chersodes Meyrick, 1915". Afromoths. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
- ^ Silvestri (1915). Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia generale e agraria della R. Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura de Portici. 9: 240-334. (in Italian)
- Meyerick, [sic?] E. (1915). "Carposina chersodes Meyerick n. sp." Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia generale e agraria della R. Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura de Portici. 9: 333.