Carposina berberidella

Carposina berberidella is a moth of the Carposinidae family. It is found from Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, former Yugoslavia and the European part of Russia to the Middle East.^[2]

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Carposina berberidella
Carposina berberidella in Kennel Die palaearktischen tortriciden figure 40 female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Carposinidae
Genus:	Carposina
Species:	C. berberidella
Binomial name
Carposina berberidella Herrich-Schäffer, 1853[1]

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The wingspan is about 14.5 mm.^[3]

The larvae feed on Berberis species. They feed inside the fruit of their host plant.^[4]