Carposina berberidella
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| Carposina berberidella | |
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| Carposina berberidella in Kennel Die palaearktischen tortriciden figure 40 female | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Carposinidae |
| Genus: | Carposina |
| Species: | C. berberidella |
| Binomial name | |
| Carposina berberidella Herrich-Schäffer, 1853[1] | |
Carposina berberidella is a moth of the Carposinidae family. It is found from Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, former Yugoslavia and the European part of Russia to the Middle East.[2]
The wingspan is about 14.5 mm.[3]
The larvae feed on Berberis species. They feed inside the fruit of their host plant.[4]