Carposina scirrhosella

Carposina scirrhosella
A larva of Carposina scirrhosella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Carposinidae
Genus:	Carposina
Species:	C. scirrhosella
Binomial name
Carposina scirrhosella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854[1]
Synonyms
Carposina orientella Stanoiu & Nemes, 1968

Carposina scirrhosella, the peach fruit moth, is a moth of the Carposinidae family. It is found from Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria to the Middle East.[2]

Imago (figure 39 female)

Damage

The wingspan is 11–15 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August.

The larvae feed on Rosa species.[3]

References

1. "Fauna Europaea". Faunaeur.org. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
2. "The First finding of the species Carposina scirrhosella Herrich-schäffer, 1854 (Lepidoptera, Copromorphoidea, Carposinidae) in Serbia" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
3. "Bug Wood". Wiki.bugwood.org. 2011-02-28. Retrieved 2011-12-19.