Blastobasis kenya

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

Blastobasis kenya is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in Kenya. ^[1] The habitat consists of coastal lowlands, eastern middle elevations, and the western highlands.

The length of the forewings is 6–9.2 mm.

Food

The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including:

• Adenia
• Calophyllum inophyllum
• Cola minor
• Deinbollia borbonica
• Diospyros kabuyeana
• Diphasia
• Donella viridifolia
• Dovyalis macrocalyx
• Dracaena mannii
• Flacourtia indica
• Hirtella zanzibarica zanzibarica
• Inhambanella henriquesii
• Landolphia
• Lecaniodiscus fraxinifolius scassellatii
• Lepisanthes senegalensis
• Ludia mauritiana
• Manilkara sansibarensis
• Mimusops aedificatoria
• Olea woodiana disjuncta
• Oxyanthus goetzei keniensis
• Rourea minor
• Saba comorensis
• Salacia elegans
• Strychnos madagascariensis
• Terminalia catappa
• Toddalia asiatica
• Trichilia emetica
• Trilepisium madagascariense
• Vepris nobilis
• Ximenia afra
• Xylopia

Etymology

The species epithet, kenya, refers to the country of Kenya.

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.