Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Carposinidae Scientific name Carposina maculosa | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Carposina Rank Species | |
Carposina maculosa is a moth of the Carposinidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is known from the Lyttelton Hills and Otago.
The wingspan is about 18 mm. The head, antennae and thorax are light buff and the abdomen is ochreous-white. The forewings are moderate, the costa moderately arched at the base, thence straight, the apex is subacute and the termen straight. They are light buff finely irrorated (speckled) with pale fuscous and with fuscous-black markings, a dot beneath the costa near the base and a similar one obliquely before it above the dorsum. There is also a minute dot beneath the costa and a much larger one beneath it below the fold. The hindwings and fringes are shining white. The series of distinct dots which form the markings of this species easily separates it from other members of the Carposina genus.
The larvae feed on Hoheria angustifolia and Plagianthus regius.