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Carposina viridis (Green Carposinid Moth)

Wikipedia Abstract

Carposina viridis (green carposinid moth) is a moth of the Carposinidae family. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Oahu. The larvae feed on Cyrtandra cordifolia. The larvae bore in the stem of their host plant.
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Prey / Diet

Cyrtandra cordifolia (heartleaf cyrtandra)[1]

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♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0