Blastobasis trachelista

Blastobasis trachelista
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Blastobasidae
Genus: Blastobasis
Species: B. trachelista
Binomial name
Blastobasis trachelista
Meyrick, 1921

Blastobasis trachelista is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Zimbabwe.[1]

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are greyish-ochreous, more or less irrorated with fuscous. The costal edge is dark fuscous towards the base and the discal stigmata are blackish, with a small additional dot beneath the second. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Afro Moths
  2. ↑ Meyrick E. 1921b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 8(2):49–148: p. 117


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