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Carposina gracillima

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Carposina gracillima is a moth of the family Carposinidae.[1] It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui and Hawaii.

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Carposina gracillima
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Carposinidae
Genus: Carposina
Species:
C. gracillima
Binomial name
Carposina gracillima
(Walsingham, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Heterocrossa gracillima Walsingham, 1907
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The larvae feed in the berries of Styphelia species.

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