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Species Blastobasis maroccanella - Hodges#1162.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Another plain moth - Blastobasis maroccanella Narrow brown moth - Blastobasis maroccanella Bug on Wall - Blastobasis maroccanella Dark moth with glitter scales - Blastobasis maroccanella Blastobasinae? - Blastobasis maroccanella Dark gelechioid? - Blastobasis maroccanella Blastobasis maroccanella Blastobasinae? - Blastobasis maroccanella - female
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)
Family Blastobasidae (Scavenger Moths)
Subfamily Blastobasinae (Scavenger Moths)
Tribe Blastobasini
Genus Blastobasis
Species maroccanella (Blastobasis maroccanella - Hodges#1162.1)
Hodges Number
1162.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Blastobasis maroccanella Amsel, 1952
Remarks
Introduced from Europe(1)
Internet References
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Works Cited
1.Shared but overlooked: 30 species of Holarctic Microlepidoptera revealed by DNA barcodes and morphology
J.F. Landry, V. Nazari, J.R. Dewaard, M. Mutanen, C. Lopez-Vaamonde, P. Huemer, P.D.N. Hebert. 2013. Zootaxa, 3749(1): 001–093.
Contributed by Aaron Hunt on 4 October, 2020 - 3:05am

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