Carposina petraea
Carposina petraea is a moth in the Carposinidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1910. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from South Australia and Victoria.[1]
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The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are whitish, unevenly suffused with grey and with ochreous, and irrorated with dark-fuscous. The hindwings are whitish-grey.[2]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Carposina petraea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
- New Australian Lepidoptera of the Family Tortricidae
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