Bascantis
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| Bascantis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Genus: | Bascantis Meyrick, 1914 |
| Species: | B. sirenica |
| Binomial name | |
| Bascantis sirenica Meyrick, 1914[1] | |
Bascantis are a genus of insect, belonging to the family Tineidae.[2] It contains only one species, Bascantis sirenica, which is found in New Zealand.
The head and thorax are deep purple. The forewings are elongate and deep purple with a semioval ochreous-white spot on the middle of the costa. The hindwings are dark bronzy-fuscous, but lighter anteriorly.[3]
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