Carposinidae
Sign in to saveCarposinidae, the "fruitworm moths", is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera. These moths are narrower winged than Copromorphidae, with less rounded forewing tips. Males often have conspicuous patches of scales on either surface (Dugdale et al., 1999). The mouthparts are quite diagnostic, usually with prominent, upcurved "labial palps", the third segment long (especially in females), and the second segment covered in large scales. Unlike Copromorphidae, the "M2" and sometimes "M1" vein on the hindwings is absent. The relationship of Carposinidae relative to Copromorphidae needs further
Species
fruitworm moths
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyCarposinidae
Bondia sp. Carposinidae es una familia de lepidópteros glosados. Estas polillas tienen las alas más estrechas de Copromorphoidae, con alas menos redondeadas. Los machos suelen tener manchas visibles en cualquiera de las superficies (Dugdale et al., 1999).
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 114
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Carposinidae
- Collections
- MSU, USNM
- Recorded in
- United States, Dominican Republic, Thailand, Venezuela, Taiwan, Madagascar, Costa Rica
Wikidata facts
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- Parent taxon
- Carposinoidea
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- Carposinidae
- taxon common name
- Fruitworm Moths
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Carposinidae, the "fruitworm moths", is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera. These moths are narrower winged than Copromorphidae, with less rounded forewing tips. Males often have conspicuous patches of scales on either surface (Dugdale et al., 1999). The mouthparts are quite diagnostic, usually with prominent, upcurved "labial palps", the third segment long (especially in females), and the second segment covered in large scales. Unlike Copromorphidae, the "M2" and sometimes "M1" vein on the hindwings is absent. The relationship of Carposinidae relative to Copromorphidae needs further investigation. It is considered possible that the family is artificial, being nested within Copromorphidae (Dugdale et al., 1999). The Palearctic species have been revised by Alexey Diakonoff (1989).
==Distribution== Carposinidae occur worldwide except the north-western Palearctic region (Dugdale et al., 1999).
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