Species Carposina ottawana - Hodges#2314

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Carposinoidea (Fruitworm Moths)

Family Carposinidae (Fruitworm Moths)

Genus Carposina

Species ottawana (Carposina ottawana - Hodges#2314)

Hodges Number

2314

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Carposina ottawana Kearfott, 1907 (1)

Carposina sasakii of authors not Matsumura, 1900 (2)(3)

Carposina niponensis of authors not Walsingham, 1900 (4)(3)

Carposina nicholsana Forbes, 1923 (5) (4)(3)

Explanation of Names

Carposina sasakii Kearfott, 1907, formerly treated as C. sasakii ottawana in Diakonoff (1989) and C. niponensis ottawana in Davis (1969), is returned to full species status based on differences in both morphology and DNA and includes as a synonym C. nicholsana Forbes, 1923 in Young & Robertson (2020).

"True" C. niponensis Walsingham 1900 and "true" C. sasakii Matsumura, 1900 are regarded as extralimital.

Size

Wingspan 13–17 mm

Range

Type Locality: Ottawa.

Food

Cornus racemosa (gray dogwood); Ribes sp. (gooseberry) - Davis (1969).

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG

Barcode of Life (BOLD) (6)

Carposina sasakii - CAB International

Works Cited

1.	New micro-leidoptera W.D. Kearfott. 1907. The Canadian Entomologist 39(1-6): 1-9, 53-60, 77-84, 121-128, 153-160, 211-212.

2.	Revision of the Palaearctic Carposinidae with description of a new genus and new species (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) Diakonoff, A. 1989. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 251: 1-155.

3.	Reinstatement of Carposina ottawana Kearfott, 1907 (Lepidoptera: Carposinidae) as a valid species Young, J.D. & J.A. Robertson. 2020. Insecta Mundi, 0784: 1-8.

4.	A revision of the American moths of the family Carposinidae (Lepidoptera: Carposinoidea) Donald R. Davis. 1969. United States National Museum Bulletin, 289.

5.	The Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States William T.M. Forbes. 1923. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Memoir 68.

6.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 25 December, 2008 - 11:38am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Maury Heiman, JohnMaxwell22, Randy Hardy
Last updated 31 March, 2022 - 1:16pm

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