Carposina adreptella
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Carposina adreptella is a moth
of the Carposinidae
family. It is endemic to New Zealand
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misinterpreted Walker's type material and this species was long named the New Zealand Raspberry Budmoth, while this was in fact a species different from Carposina adreptella. It is now known as Carposina rubophaga
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Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Carposinidae
Carposinidae
Carposinidae, the "fruitworm moths" is a family of insects in the lepidopteran order. These moths are narrower winged than Copromorphidae, with less rounded forewing tips. Males often have conspicuous patches of scales on either surface...
family. It is endemic to New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
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Taxonomy
MeyrickEdward Meyrick
Edward Meyrick FRS was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern Microlepidoptera systematics....
misinterpreted Walker's type material and this species was long named the New Zealand Raspberry Budmoth, while this was in fact a species different from Carposina adreptella. It is now known as Carposina rubophaga
Carposina rubophaga
The New Zealand Raspberry Budmoth is a moth of the Carposinidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand.The wingspan is 14-17 mm. Adults are very variable, some individuals being very light in colour, others very dark, darkish-brown, or dark grey. One variety has a pair of dark converging lines...
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