Carposina chersodes

Carposina chersodes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Carposinidae
Genus:	Carposina
Species:	C. chersodes
Binomial name
Carposina chersodes Meyrick, 1915

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

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)

• Meyerick, [sic?] E. (1915). "Carposina chersodes Meyerick n. sp." Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia generale e agraria della R. Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura de Portici. 9: 333.