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Blastobasis inana

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Blastobasidae

Scientific name
  
Blastobasis inana

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Blastobasis

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Blastobasis tarda, Blastobasis phycidella, Blastobasis lacticolella, Blastobasis adustella, Blastobasis

Blastobasis inana is a moth of the family Blastobasidae. It was described from Hawaii, but it is a widely dispersed species whose distribution includes India, New Britain and French Polynesia.

It is an obscure, rather mouse-colored species with two small black spots along the middle line of each forewing. The scaling on the anterior part of the thorax is darker, almost black, and contrasts with the mostly pale, tan or cream-colored, scaling of the head. The scales on the front of the head are large and broad and lie smoothly forward.

Larvae have been recorded feeding on garden beans, coffee berries, dead sugarcane and Dioscorea species.

References

Blastobasis inana Wikipedia