Blastobasis ochromorpha is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in India[2] and Singapore.[3]
Blastobasis ochromorpha | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Blastobasidae |
Genus: | Blastobasis |
Species: | B. ochromorpha
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Binomial name | |
Blastobasis ochromorpha |
The wingspan is about 13 mm. Adults are pale coloured.
The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including onion and stored rice. They have also been recorded feeding within the seeds of Shorea robusta.[4]
References
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- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Blastobasis Zeller 1855". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on July 13, 2018.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Blastobasis ochromorpha". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
- ^ Singapore Biodiversity: An Encyclopedia of the Natural Environment
- ^ Adamski, D., 2013: Review of the Blastobasinae of Costa Rica (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Blastobasidae). Zootaxa 3618 (1): 1-223. Review and full article: doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3618.1.1