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Neoblastobasis perisella

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Species of moth

Neoblastobasis perisella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Blastobasidae
Genus: Neoblastobasis
Species: N. perisella
Binomial name
Neoblastobasis perisella
Adamski, 2010

Neoblastobasis perisella is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in Kenya and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is known from coastal lowland habitats.

The length of the forewings is 5.1–5.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Hugonia castaneifolia and Ximenia afra.

Etymology

The species is named in honour of Peris Machera, a worker in the insect-rearing laboratory in Nairobi, Kenya.

References

  1. ^ Adamski, David; Copeland, Robert S.; Miller, Scott E.; Hebert, Paul D. N.; Darrow, Karolyn & Luke, Quentin (2010). "A review of African Blastobasinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Coleophoridae), with new taxa reared from native fruits in Kenya". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 630: 1–68. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.630. hdl:10088/8838.
  2. Afro Moths
Taxon identifiers
Neoblastobasis perisella


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