Blastobasis tanyptera is a moth of the family Blastobasidae. It is found in Australia, including northern Queensland.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Blastobasidae |
| Genus: | Blastobasis |
| Species: | B. tanyptera
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| Binomial name | |
| Blastobasis tanyptera Turner, 1947
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The larvae feed within the fruits of Eugenia paniculata.[1]
It was first described in 1947 by Alfred Jefferis Turner, and the species epithet, tanyptera, describes it as being "long winged".[2]
References
edit- ^ 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
- ^ Turner, A. Jefferis (1947). "Contributions to our knowledge of Australian Microlepidoptera". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland. 57: 68.
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