Blastobasis kenya
Blastobasis kenya | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Blastobasidae |
Genus: | Blastobasis |
Species: | B. kenya
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Binomial name | |
Blastobasis kenya Adamski, 2010
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Blastobasis kenya is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in Kenya.[1] The habitat consists of coastal lowlands, eastern midaltitudes and the western highlands.
The length of the forewings is 6–9.2 mm. The forewings are greyish brown intermixed with pale brown and dark brown, or pale brown basally and greyish brown distally. The hindwings are grey.
Food[]
The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including:
- Adenia
- Calophyllum inophyllum
- Chrysophyllum viridifolium
- Diphasia
- Dracaena mannii
- Flacourtia indica
- Landolphia
- Lepisanthes senegalensis
- Ludia mauritiana
- Olea woodiana disjuncta
- Rourea minor
- Saba comorensis
- Strychnos madagascariensis
- Terminalia catappa
- Toddalia asiatica
- Trichilia emetica
- Trilepisium madagascariense
- Ximenia caffra
- Xylopia
Etymology[]
The species epithet, kenya, refers to the country of Kenya.
References[]
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Categories:
- Moths described in 2010
- Blastobasis
- Moths of Africa
- Endemic moths of Kenya
- Blastobasis stubs