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Blastobasis pentasticta

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Blastobasis pentasticta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Blastobasidae
Genus: Blastobasis
Species:
B. pentasticta
Binomial name
Blastobasis pentasticta
Turner, 1947

Blastobasis pentasticta is a moth of the family Blastobasidae. It is found in Australia, including New South Wales.

It was first described in 1947 by Alfred Jefferis Turner, and the species epithet, pentastica, describes it as being "five- spotted". It was described from a specimen found in Sydney in the month of February.[1]

References

  1. ^ Turner, A. Jefferis (1947). "Contributions to our knowledge of Australian Microlepidoptera". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland. 57: 70.