LepidopteraCarposinidae – Fruitworm Moths2 data sources

Carposina ottawana - Hodges#2314

Carposina ottawana

This record describes Carposina ottawana (species). Recorded family: Carposinidae. Recorded order: Lepidoptera.

Identification and Appearance

Carposina ottawana - Hodges#2314 - Carposina ottawana — Contributed by Mike Quinn; Additional contributions by Steve Nanz , Maury Heiman , JohnMaxwell22 , Randy Hardy

Wikipedia reference for Carposina ottawana: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carposina_sasakii.

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily: Carposinoidea
Family: Carposinidae (Fruitworm Moths)
Genus: Carposina

Imported taxonomy record. Source availability varies; see the source references and editorial policy below.

Habitat and Range

Geographic Range

Type Locality: Ottawa.

Diet and Behavior

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

Additional species information

Species notes from the sources

Etymology: 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.

About Butterflies and Moths: the wider group

Order-level background for Lepidoptera, the group containing Carposina ottawana. Species-specific details appear above.

Group overview

Lepidoptera includes approximately 180,000 described species of butterflies and moths. Moths outnumber butterflies roughly 10:1. The monarch butterfly's eastern population has declined by more than 80% since the mid-1990s, and the western population by over 95% since the 1980s. The IUCN lists the migratory monarch as Vulnerable.

Ecological role of the group

Butterflies and moths are essential indicators of ecosystem health. As caterpillars, they are a primary food source for birds - a single nest of blue tit chicks requires ~10,000 caterpillars. Adult moths pollinate many night-blooming plants.

Economic and practical significance of the group

Lepidoptera are critical pollinators. In Europe, grassland butterfly species have declined by almost 50% since the early 1990s. In the UK, three-quarters of butterflies are in decline. In the U.S., five butterfly species have gone extinct since 1950, with 29 listed as endangered.

Recorded sources for this group: IUCN Red List, Xerces Society, USFWS, PNAS, WWF. Imported estimates may describe particular regions or reporting periods.

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