Bazaria turensis explained

Bazaria turensis is a species of snout moth in the genus Bazaria. It was described by Ragonot, in 1887. It is found in Kazakhstan,^[1] Tunisia, Algeria, Mauritania, Iran, Armenia, Russia and central China, Asia.^[2]

The wingspan is about 17 mm.^[3]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Nitraria roborowskii. They roll the leaves of their host plant.

Notes and References

http://www.boldsystems.org/views/taxbrowser.php?taxid=381371 Bazaria turensis - BOLD Systems - Taxonomy Browser
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3157/061.135.0304 First Record of the Genus Bazaria Ragonot from China, with Description of a New Species (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae)
http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Bazaria_Turensis lepiforum.de