Carposina sasakii

Carposina sasakii
Carposina sasakii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Carposinidae
Genus: Carposina
Species: C. sasakii
Binomial name
Carposina sasakii
Matsumura, 1900
Synonyms
  • Carposina niponensis Walsingham, 1900
  • Carposina persicana
  • Cydia persicana
  • Carposina nicholsana
  • Carposina ottawana
  • Carposina viduana

The Peach Fruit Moth (Carposina sasakii) is a species of moth of the Carposinidae family. It is endemic to large parts of Asia, including Japan, Korea and China and Russia (Amurskaya oblast, Khabarovskii krai, Primorskii krai). It is an introduced species in Texas.

The wingspan is 13–17 mm.

The larvae feed on various fruits and are considered a pest on peach, apple, pear, apricot and plum. Furthermore, recorded larval food plants include jute, Crataegus species, Cydonia oblonga and Ziziphus sativa.

Taxonomy

Carposina sasakii is a replacement name for Carposina niponensis.

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