Biology:Blastobasis kenya
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Short description: Moth species in genus Blastobasis
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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. kenya
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| Blastobasis kenya Adamski, 2010
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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. The forewings are greyish brown intermixed with pale brown and dark brown, or pale brown basally and greyish brown distally. The hindwings are grey.
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 caffra
- Xylopia
Etymology
The species epithet, kenya, refers to the country of Kenya.
References
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- ↑ 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: [1][yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
Wikidata ☰ Q13439973 entry
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