Blastobasis spermologa

Blastobasis spermologa is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in Sri Lanka[1] and Taiwan.[2]

Blastobasis spermologa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Blastobasidae
Genus: Blastobasis
Species:
B. spermologa
Binomial name
Blastobasis spermologa
Meyrick, 1916

The larvae feed within the seeds of Camellia sinensis.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Blastobasis spermologa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  2. TaiBNet – Catalogue of Life of Taiwan
  3. 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


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