Species Blastobasis tarda - Hodges#1162.2

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · 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 tarda (Blastobasis tarda - Hodges#1162.2)

Hodges Number

1162.2

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Blastobasis tarda Meyrick, 1902

Size

Meyrick (1902) listed the wingspan.

♂ 13-16 mm.

♀ 15-21 mm.

Range

Introduced to southern California from Australia.

Season

April to September records from southern California.

Print References

Meyrick, E., 1902. Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera (Oecophoridae). Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Philosophical Society of Adelaide, South Australia, 26: 170.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (1)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 10 April, 2014 - 1:09am
Last updated 10 April, 2014 - 7:56am

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