Blastobasis floridella
| Blastobasis floridella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Blastobasidae |
| Genus: | Blastobasis |
| Species: | B. floridella |
| Binomial name | |
| Blastobasis floridella (Dietz, 1910)[1] | |
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Blastobasis floridella is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in the United States, including Florida[2] and Oklahoma.
The wingspan is 11–16 mm. The ground color of the forewings is sordid ochreous, suffused with fuscous brown. The hindwings are gray, dusted with fuscous.[3]
Larvae have been recorded feeding from the cones of Zamia pumila.
References
- ↑ mothphotographersgroup
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Transactions of the American Entomological Society: Volume 36, Number 1
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