Blastobasis glauconotata

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Blastobasis glauconotata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Blastobasidae
Genus: Blastobasis
Species:
B. glauconotata
Binomial name
Blastobasis glauconotata
Adamski, 2010

Blastobasis glauconotata is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in Kenya, [1] where it is known from the central and western highlands and in the central mid-altitudes of the Ngaia Forest.

The length of the forewings is 6.8–9.1 mm.

The larvae feed on Afrocarpus falcatus , Chaetacme aristata , Cussonia spicata , Drypetes gerrardii , Elaeodendron buchananii , Ekebergia capensis , Mimusops kummel , Prunus africana , Rawsonia lucida , Schrebera alata , Solanum anguivi , Stychnos mitis , Toddalia asiatica , Vepris nobilis , Vepris simplicifolia , Vepris trichocarpa and Warburgia ugandensis .

References

  1. Adamski, David; Copeland, Robert S.; Miller, Scott E.; Hebert, Paul D. N.; Darrow, Karolyn & Luke, Quentin (2010). "A review of African Blastobasinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Coleophoridae), with new taxa reared from native fruits in Kenya". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 630: 1–68. doi: 10.5479/si.00810282.630 . hdl:10088/8838.