Carposina atlanticella

Carposina atlanticella is a moth in the Carposinidae family. It is found on Madeira.[1]

Carposina atlanticella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Carposinidae
Genus:
Carposina
Species:
C. atlanticella
Binomial name
Carposina atlanticella
Rebel, 1894

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is whitish grey with rust-brown markings. The hindwings are whitish grey.[2]

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. lepiforum.de Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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