Carposina Irrorata
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''Carposina irrorata'' is a moth of the family
Carposinidae 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 ...
. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of
Lanai Lanai ( haw, Lānai, , , also ,) is the sixth-largest of the Hawaiian Islands and the smallest publicly accessible inhabited island in the chain. It is colloquially known as the Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple pl ...
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Carposinidae Endemic moths of Hawaii Moths described in 1907 Taxa named by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham {{Carposina-stub