Neoblastobasis perisella

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Neoblastobasis perisella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Blastobasidae
Genus: Neoblastobasis
Species:
N. perisella
Binomial name
Neoblastobasis perisella
Adamski, 2010 [1]

Neoblastobasis perisella is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in Kenya and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, [2] where it is known from coastal lowland habitats.

The length of the forewings is 5.1–5.5 mm. [1]

The larvae feed on Hugonia castaneifolia and Ximenia afra .

Etymology

The species is named in honour of Peris Machera, a worker in the insect-rearing laboratory in Nairobi, Kenya.

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References

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. Afro Moths