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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Scavenger Moths (Blastobasidae) » Scavenger Moths (Blastobasinae) » Blastobasini » Blastobasis » Blastobasis taurusella - Hodges#1162.3 (Blastobasis taurusella)
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- Blastobasis taurusella
Copyright © 2010 Mark Dreiling

- Blastobasis taurusella
Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma, USA
April 29, 2009
Identified only at the Blastobasis genus level by DNA barcoding - BOLD LPOKC122-09
This specimen is shown here: BOLD:AAA7928
Found at UV light near pond in wooded area of a flood plain.
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Contributed by Mark Dreiling on 19 January, 2010 - 6:51am
Last updated 22 February, 2013 - 9:45am

Moved
Moved from Blastobasis.

Nice addition to the guide!
Thank you, Mark!
… Maury J. Heiman, 22 February, 2013 - 9:45am login or register to post comments

DNA update
Now identified as Blastobasis taurusella
… Mark Dreiling, 7 February, 2013 - 8:57am login or register to post comments

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