Carposina berberidella

Carposina berberidella is a moth of the Carposinidae family. It is found from Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, former Yugoslavia and the European part of Russia to the Middle East.[2]

Carposina berberidella
Carposina berberidella in Kennel Die palaearktischen tortriciden figure 40 female
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C. berberidella
Binomial name
Carposina berberidella

The wingspan is about 14.5 mm.[3] The forewings are brown-gray and the hindwings darkened.

The larvae feed on Berberis species. They feed inside the fruit of their host plant.[4]

References

  1. "Carposina berberidella Herrich-Schäffer, 1853". Fauna Europaea. 2.6.2. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  2. "The First finding of the species Carposina scirrhosella Herrich-schäffer, 1854 (Lepidoptera, Copromorphoidea, Carposinidae) in Serbia" (PDF). Acta entomologica Serbica. 9/10: 111–122. 2004–2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2012.
  3. "lepiforum.de". lepiforum.de. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
  4. "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". Nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 December 2011.


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