Biology:Blastobasis pentasticta

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Short description: Moth species in genus Blastobasis

Blastobasis pentasticta
Scientific classification edit
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. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49510243. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4925460 entry