Carposina chersodes

Carposina chersodes is a moth in the family Carposinidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1915. It is found in Eritrea.[1]

Carposina chersodes
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C. chersodes
Binomial name
Carposina chersodes
Meyrick, 1915

This species has a wingspan of 14 mm. Its larvae feed on Olea chrysophylla.[2]

References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Carposina chersodes Meyrick, 1915". Afromoths. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
  2. Silvestri (1915). Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia generale e agraria della R. Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura de Portici. 9: 240-334. (in Italian)


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