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Tribe Blastobasini

Another plain moth - Blastobasis maroccanella Narrow brown moth - Blastobasis maroccanella Moth IMG_0568 - Pigritia moth - Pigritia Pigritia - Pigritia murtfeldtella Moth (2) - Blastobasis glandulella Dotted micromoth - Pigritia murtfeldtella Unknown moth - Pigritia
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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
Identification
For info on separating Pigritia from other species in Blastobasinae see comments on multiple images by Terry Harrison here.
Internet References
Images and Info at Microleps.org
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 2 March, 2006 - 2:09pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 24 September, 2014 - 6:37am

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