Blastobasis pulchella
Appearance
Blastobasis pulchella | |
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Cuivre River State Park Troy Missouri | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Blastobasidae |
Genus: | Blastobasis |
Species: | B. pulchella
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Binomial name | |
Blastobasis pulchella (Dietz, 1910)
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Synonyms | |
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Blastobasis pulchella is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in North America, including Nova Scotia, Washington DC[1] and Maine.[2]
The ground colour of the forewings is pale ochreous-brown with a silver white fascia at one-third, heavily shaded with dark brown.[3]
References
- ^ Adamski, D; Hodges, R W (1996). "An annotated list of North American Blastobasinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Coleophoridae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 98: 708–740.
- ^ mothphotographersgroup
- ^ Bug Guide
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