Blastobasis repartella

Blastobasis repartella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Blastobasidae
Genus: Blastobasis
Species: B. repartella
Binomial name
Blastobasis repartella
(Dietz, 1910)[1]
Synonyms
  • Valentinia repartella Dietz, 1910

Blastobasis repartella is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in the United States, including Colorado, Maine,[2] South Dakota and Illinois.

Adults from mid-July to mid-August in eastern South Dakota.

The larvae bore in the proaxis and basal nodes and internodes of above ground stems of Panicum virgatum.[3][4] Mature larvae are commonly found in late May. Pupae are mostly found during mid to late June within the plant stem.[5]

References

  1. "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 2013.
  2. mothphotographersgroup
  3. Adamski, D., 2013: Review of the Blastobasinae of Costa Rica (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Blastobasidae). Zootaxa 3618 (1): 1-223. Review and full article: doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3618.1.1
  4. Descriptions of life-stages of Blastobasis repartella (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Coleophoridae: Blastobasinae) and observations on its biology in switchgrass
  5. Science Daily
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