Blastobasis rubiginosella

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Blastobasis rubiginosella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Blastobasidae
Genus: Blastobasis
Species:
B. rubiginosella
Binomial name
Blastobasis rubiginosella
Rebel, 1896

Blastobasis rubiginosella is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found on the Canary Islands. [1]

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings have an ash-grey ground colour with reddish-brown markings. The hindwings are dark brown-grey. [2]

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References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. lepiforum.de PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .