Blastobasis kenya

Blastobasis kenya is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in Kenya.[1] The habitat consists of coastal lowlands, eastern midaltitudes and the western highlands.

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

The length of the forewings is 6–9.2 mm. The forewings are greyish brown intermixed with pale brown and dark brown, or pale brown basally and greyish brown distally. The hindwings are grey.

The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including Adenia, Calophyllum inophyllum, Chrysophyllum viridifolium, Cola minor, Deinbollia borbonica, Diospyros kabuyeana, Diphasia, Dovyalis macrocalyx, Dracaena mannii, Flacourtia indica, Hirtella zanzibarica zanzibarica, Inhambanella henriquezii, 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 caffra and Xylopia.

Etymology

The species epithet, kenya, refers to the country of Kenya.

References
  1. Adamski, D., et al. 2010: A Review of African Blastobasinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Coleophoridae), with New Taxa Reared from Native Fruits in Kenya. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 630: 1-77. Full article:


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