Barbaloba meleagrisellae

Barbaloba meleagrisellae is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in Costa Rica.^[1]

The length of the forewings is about 5.1 mm. The forewings are pale brown intermixed with dark-brown scales and a few brownish-orange scales. The hindwings are translucent pale brown.

Etymology[]

The specific epithet is derived from Greek Meleagris, a genus of birds that includes the turkey, a bird in which males have a beardlike process on the anterior part of the breast, and refers to the setose (bristled) lobelike process originating from the ventral part of the valva of the male genitalia.

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