Blastobasis tanyptera

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Blastobasis tanyptera
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Blastobasidae
Genus: Blastobasis
Species:
B. tanyptera
Binomial name
Blastobasis tanyptera
Turner, 1947

Blastobasis tanyptera is a moth of the family Blastobasidae. It is found in Australia, including northern Queensland.

The larvae feed within the fruits of Eugenia paniculata . [1]

It was first described in 1947 by Alfred Jefferis Turner, and the species epithet, tanyptera, describes it as being "long winged". [2]

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References

  1. Adamski, D., 2013: Review of the Blastobasinae of Costa Rica (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Blastobasidae). Zootaxa3618 (1): 1-223. Review and full article: doi : 10.11646/zootaxa.3618.1.1
  2. Turner, A. Jefferis (1947). "Contributions to our knowledge of Australian Microlepidoptera". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland. 57: 68.