Heterocrossa rubophaga

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| taxon = Heterocrossa rubophaga

| authority = Dugdale, 1988

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|Carposina rubophaga|(Walker, 1864)

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The New Zealand raspberry bud moth (Heterocrossa rubophaga) is a moth of the Carposinidae family.{{Cite Q|Q45922947|pages=457}}{{Cite Q|Q45083134|pages=131}} It is endemic to New Zealand.{{Cite web |title=Heterocrossa rubophaga Dugdale, 1988 |url=https://www.nzor.org.nz/names/e8fa71aa-cc36-4917-87a0-ce6529bb3a2f |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=www.nzor.org.nz}}{{cite web|author=F. J. Jeffreys|url=http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_69/rsnz_69_03_003430.html |title=Description, listed as Carposina adreptella |publisher=Rsnz.natlib.govt.nz |date=1938-12-22 |accessdate=2011-12-19}}

The larvae are destructive to the buds and fruit of raspberry and blackberry.{{Cite Q|Q98160251}}

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