Carposina adreptella

Carposina adreptella is a moth of the Carposinidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand.[2]

Carposina adreptella
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C. adreptella
Binomial name
Carposina adreptella
(Walker, 1864)[1]
Synonyms
  • Gelechia adreptella Walker, 1864
  • Heterocrossa adreptella
  • Paramorpha adreptella
  • Heterocrossa charaxias Meyrick, 1891

Taxonomy

Meyrick misinterpreted Walker's type material and C. adreptella was long considered the New Zealand raspberry budmoth, whereas this was in fact a species different from Carposina adreptella that is now known as Carposina rubophaga.[2]

References

  1. "Lepidoptera of New Zealand". Landcareresearch.co.nz. Archived from the original on 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
  2. Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera-annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 130. Retrieved 20 January 2017.


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