Carposina epomiana
Encyclopedia
Carposina epomiana is a moth
of the Carposinidae
family. It is endemic to New Zealand
.
The wingspan
is about 17 mm. The head and thorax are white, irrorated with light grey. The abdomen and legs are ochreous-whitish. The forewings are elongate, narrow, oblong, the costa moderately arched, the apex round-pointed, the hindmargin slightly sinuate. They are very pale grey, irrorated with white towards the costa and hindmargin, and with scattered dark fuscous scales, a blackish elongate spot along the costa at the base and a blackish dot above the inner margin near the base. There are six small fuscous spots on the costa. The discal and posterior tufts are also preceded by small obscure fuscous spots. The hindwings and cilia are grey-whitish.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Carposinidae
Carposinidae
Carposinidae, the "fruitworm moths" is a family of insects in the lepidopteran order. These moths are narrower winged than Copromorphidae, with less rounded forewing tips. Males often have conspicuous patches of scales on either surface...
family. It is endemic to New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is about 17 mm. The head and thorax are white, irrorated with light grey. The abdomen and legs are ochreous-whitish. The forewings are elongate, narrow, oblong, the costa moderately arched, the apex round-pointed, the hindmargin slightly sinuate. They are very pale grey, irrorated with white towards the costa and hindmargin, and with scattered dark fuscous scales, a blackish elongate spot along the costa at the base and a blackish dot above the inner margin near the base. There are six small fuscous spots on the costa. The discal and posterior tufts are also preceded by small obscure fuscous spots. The hindwings and cilia are grey-whitish.