Family Carposinidae (Carposinid Moths)

Description of Carposinidae

The Carposinid Moths are a small group of small moths. These moths typically have broad wings with a wingspan of 1-2 cm. Larvae bore into fruits, plant shoots, and gum oozing from fruit trees. Pupation usually occurs in a cocoon in the soil.

Subfamily:

Bondia comonana (Kearfott, 1907)

Bondia crescentella (Walsingham, 1882)

Bondia shastana Davis, 1969

Carposina fernaldana Currant Fruitworm Moth (Busck, 1907)

Carposina sasakii Peach Fruit Moth (Matsumura, 1900)

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Description of Carposinidae

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Description of Carposinidae

Photographs of Carposinidae

Bondia crescentella

Currant Fruitworm Moth
Carposina fernaldana

Bondia crescentella

Bondia comonana

Peach Fruit Moth
Carposina sasakii

Bondia comonana

Bondia crescentella

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Butterflies and Moths of North America

collecting and sharing data about Lepidoptera

Family Carposinidae (Carposinid Moths)

Description of Carposinidae

Subfamily:

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Description of Carposinidae

Photographs of Carposinidae

Currant Fruitworm MothCarposina fernaldana

Peach Fruit MothCarposina sasakii

Currant Fruitworm Moth
Carposina fernaldana

Peach Fruit Moth
Carposina sasakii