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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 pulchella - Hodges#1167 (Blastobasis pulchella)

Species Blastobasis pulchella - Hodges#1167

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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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 pulchella (Blastobasis pulchella - Hodges#1167)

Hodges Number

1167

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Blastobasis pulchella (Dietz, 1910)

Blastobasis maritimella McDunnough, 1961

Euresia pulchella Dietz, 1910

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet means "diminutive beauty." (1)

Size

Dietz (1910) reported a wingspan of 8.5 mm.

Identification

Dietz (1910) original description is in the print references.

Labial palpi long, antennae fuscous brown. Ground color of forewings pale ochreous-brown, with a rather wide, silver white fascia at one-third, approximately straight, heavily shaded with dark brown.

Notes by Terry Harrison on this photo.

Range

Nova Scotia to Maryland.

Holotype ♂ collected in Washington D.C., June 1902 by Mr. A. Busck.

Remarks

Pigritia

Print References

Dietz, W.G. 1910. Revision of the Blastocidae of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 36. p. 20

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group(2)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Moths of North Carolina

iNaturalist

Works Cited

1.	An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera, with hints on the derivation of the names. Anonymous. 1858. The Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 11 January, 2012 - 7:04pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy
Last updated 8 April, 2023 - 3:31pm

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