Blastobasis kenya
| Blastobasis kenya | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Blastobasidae |
| Genus: | Blastobasis |
| Species: | B. kenya |
| Binomial name | |
| Blastobasis kenya Adamski, 2010 | |
Blastobasis kenya is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in Kenya.[1] The habitat consists of coastal lowlands, eastern middle elevations, and the western highlands.
The length of the forewings is 6–9.2 mm.
Food
The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including:
- Adenia
- Calophyllum inophyllum
- Cola minor
- Deinbollia borbonica
- Diospyros kabuyeana
- Diphasia
- Donella viridifolia
- Dovyalis macrocalyx
- Dracaena mannii
- Flacourtia indica
- Hirtella zanzibarica zanzibarica
- Inhambanella henriquesii
- Landolphia
- Lecaniodiscus fraxinifolius scassellatii
- Lepisanthes senegalensis
- Ludia mauritiana
- Manilkara sansibarensis
- Mimusops aedificatoria
- Olea woodiana disjuncta
- Oxyanthus goetzei keniensis
- Rourea minor
- Saba comorensis
- Salacia elegans
- Strychnos madagascariensis
- Terminalia catappa
- Toddalia asiatica
- Trichilia emetica
- Trilepisium madagascariense
- Vepris nobilis
- Ximenia afra
- Xylopia
Etymology
The species epithet, kenya, refers to the country of Kenya.
References
Wikispecies has information related to Blastobasis kenya.
- ^ Adamski, David; Copeland, Robert S.; Miller, Scott E.; Hebert, Paul D. N.; Darrow, Karolyn & Luke, Quentin (2010). "A review of African Blastobasinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Coleophoridae), with new taxa reared from native fruits in Kenya". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 630: 1–68. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.630. hdl:10088/8838.