Blastobasis tarda
| Blastobasis tarda | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Blastobasidae |
| Genus: | Blastobasis |
| Species: | B. tarda |
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| Blastobasis tarda Meyrick, 1902 | |
Blastobasis tarda is a moth of the Blastobasidae family. It is found in Queensland and New South Wales, as well as New Zealand.
The wingspan is about 15 mm. Adults have brown forewings with fringes along the inner margin that are longer than the width of the rest of the wing. The hindwings are paler and narrower and have fringes along the costa and even longer ones along the inner margin. Adults are sexually dimorphic.
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