Carposina sanctimonea

Carposina sanctimonea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Carposinidae
Genus:	Carposina
Species:	C. sanctimonea
Binomial name
	Carposina sanctimonea; Clarke, 1926[1]
Synonyms
	Heterocrossa sanctimonea;

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

Carposina sanctimonea was originally described by Charles E. Clarke in 1926.[2]

The wingspan is about 23 mm. The head is whitish, the thorax grey-white, the antennae whitish and the abdomen pale grey. The forewings are elongate, posteriorly somewhat dilated, the costa gently arched, the apex bluntly acute and the termen almost straight. They are pale grey-white with cloudy markings of dark fuscous. The hindwings are pale grey-white.

References

"Lepidoptera of New Zealand". Landcareresearch.co.nz. Archived from the original on 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
Clarke, Charles E. (1926). "New Species of Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 56: 418. Retrieved 6 September 2016.

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[1] "Lepidoptera of New Zealand". Landcareresearch.co.nz. Archived from the original on 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2011-12-19.

[Clarke1926-2] Clarke, Charles E. (1926). "New Species of Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 56: 418. Retrieved 6 September 2016.