Carposina viduana

Carposina viduana is a moth in the Carposinidae family. It was described by Aristide Caradja in 1916. It is found in Russia (Khabarovskii krai, Primorskii krai).

Carposina viduana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Carposinidae
Genus:
Carposina
Species:
C. viduana
Binomial name
Carposina viduana
Caradja, 1916
Synonyms
  • Carposina sasakii f. viduana

The wingspan is 15–19 mm. The basal part, costal margin and distal third of the forewings are almost black. The pattern consists of five small concolorous costal spots and a large white trapezoidal spot and a black dot on the anal fold.

Taxonomy

This species was considered a form of Carposina sasakii by Alexey Diakonoff in 1989, but reinstated as a species in 2009.[1]

References
  1. Review of the family Carposinidae from Russian Far East Archived 2013-10-20 at the Wayback Machine
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