The peach fruit moth (''Carposina sasakii'') is a species of
moth of the
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 ...
family. It is endemic to large parts of
Asia, including
Japan
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,
Korea,
China
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and
Russia (
Amur Oblast,
Khabarovsk Krai
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,
Primorsky Krai).
The
wingspan is 13–17 mm.
Taxonomy
''Carposina sasakii''
References
External links
Images at mothphotographersgroup* Carponina sasakii in EPPO database (geographical distribution, host plants
Carposinidae
Moths of Japan
Moths described in 1900
Taxa named by Shōnen Matsumura
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