Heterocrossa is a genus of moths in the Carposinidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand. This genus was previously regarded as a synonym of the genus Carposina. However Elwood C. Zimmerman in Insects of Hawaii (1978, p. 797) removed Heterocrossa from synonymy with Carposina. Zimmerman argued that as the genitalia of Heterocrossa and Carposina are distinct, Heterocrossa should not be regarded as a synonym of Carposina. This was agreed with by John S. Dugdale in his annotated catalogue of New Zealand Lepidoptera.
Species Species contained in the genus include:
Heterocrossa adreptella (Walker, 1864) Heterocrossa canescens (Philpott, 1930) Heterocrossa contactella (Walker, 1866) Heterocrossa cryodana Meyrick, 1885 Heterocrossa epomiana Meyrick, 1885 Heterocrossa eriphylla Meyrick, 1888 Heterocrossa exochana Meyrick, 1888 Heterocrossa gonosemana Meyrick, 1882 Heterocrossa ignobilis (Philpott, 1930) Heterocrossa iophaea Meyrick, 1907 Heterocrossa literata (Philpott, 1930) Heterocrossa maculosa (Philpott, 1927) Heterocrossa morbida (Meyrick, 1912) Heterocrossa philpotti Dugdale, 1971 Heterocrossa rubophaga Dugdale, 1988 Heterocrossa sanctimonea (Clarke, 1926) Heterocrossa sarcanthes (Meyrick, 1918)
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