Carposinidae, Walsingham, 1897

Cock, Matthew J. W., 2017, A preliminary catalogue of the moths (Lepidoptera except Papilionoidea) of Tobago, West Indies, Insecta Mundi 2017 (585), pp. 1-58 : 6

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5169300
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FD6AA26F-0681-49CC-8728-21B768413167
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C7BD29-DF39-A971-13D3-719BFC4FFB6C
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Carposinidae
status

Treatment

Family Carposinidae View in CoL View at ENA

Carposina bullata Meyrick, 1913

Carposina bullata Meyrick View in CoL : Julien and Griffiths (1998), Conant (2000), Conant (2009), Conant et al. (2013), Winston et al. (2014)

Julien and Griffiths (1998) and Winston et al. (2014) record this species as introduced into Hawaii from ‘ Trinidad and Tobago’, for the biological control of Clidemia hirta (Melastomataceae) . Conant (2000, 2009) and Conant et al. (2013) specify that Tobago was the source.