Blastobasis kenya explained

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.

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.

Notes and References

1. Adamski . David . Copeland . Robert S. . Miller . Scott E. . Hebert . Paul D. N. . Darrow . Karolyn . Luke . Quentin . amp . A review of African Blastobasinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Coleophoridae), with new taxa reared from native fruits in Kenya . Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology . 2010 . 630 . 1–68 . 10.5479/si.00810282.630 . free . 10088/8838 .