Carposina sasakii

The peach fruit moth (Carposina sasakii) is a species of moth of the Carposinidae family. It is endemic to large parts of Asia, including Japan, Korea, China and Russia (Amur Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai).[1]

"Peach fruit moth" redirects here. For the other moth with this common name, see Carposina scirrhosella.

Carposina sasakii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Carposinidae
Genus:
Carposina
Species:
C. sasakii
Binomial name
Carposina sasakii
Matsumura, 1900
Synonyms
  • Carpocapsa percicana Matsumura, 1899
  • Carposina percicana
  • Carposina persicana
  • Cydia persicana

The wingspan is 13–17 mm.

The larvae feed on various fruits and are considered a pest on peach, apple, pear, apricot and plum. Furthermore, recorded larval food plants include jute, Cydonia oblonga and Ziziphus sativa.

Taxonomy

Carposina sasakii

References
  1. Young, J.D.; Robertson, J.A. (2020). "Reinstatement of Carposina ottawana Kearfott, 1907 (Lepidoptera: Carposinidae) as a valid species". Insecta Mundi (0784): 1–8.
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