Blastobasis pentasticta
Moth species in genus Blastobasis
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Blastobasis pentasticta is a moth of the family Blastobasidae. It is found in Australia, including New South Wales.
| Blastobasis pentasticta | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Blastobasidae |
| Genus: | Blastobasis |
| Species: | B. pentasticta |
| Binomial name | |
| Blastobasis pentasticta Turner, 1947 | |
It was first described in 1947 by Alfred Jefferis Turner, and the species epithet, pentastica, describes it as being "five- spotted". It was described from a specimen found in Sydney in the month of February.[1]
