Carcina luridella

Carcina luridella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Hugo Theodor Christoph in 1882. It is found in the Russian Far East (Amur, Ussuri, Sakhalin, Kunashir) and Japan.[1]

Carcina luridella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Carcina
Species:
C. luridella
Binomial name
Carcina luridella
(Christoph, 1882)
Synonyms
  • Lecithocera luridella Christoph, 1882
  • Heterodmeta homomorpha Meyrick, 1931

The wingspan is 20–24 mm.[2] The forewings are light greyish-ochreous, the extreme costal edge whitish. The hindwings are rather light grey.[3]

References
  1. Carcina at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Carcina homomorpha at Jpmoth.org
  3. Description of Heterodmeta homomorpha in Exotic Microlepidoptera 4 (6): 188


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