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Carposina exochana

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Carposinidae

Scientific name
  
Carposina exochana

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Carposina

Rank
  
Species

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

The wingspan is about 21 mm. The head and thorax are ochreous-white. The antennae, abdomen and legs are ochreous-whitish, the anterior legs suffused with dark fuscous. The pale whitish-ochreous forewings are elongate, scarcely dilated, the costa moderately arched, the apex round-pointed, the hindmargin faintly sinuate (wavy) and rather strongly oblique. There are about ten small irregular scattered black dots in the disc and a subterminal series of irregular cloudy black dots, obsolete towards the costa and inner margin. The hindwings and cilia are ochreous-whitish.

References

Carposina exochana Wikipedia