Blastobasis pentasticta
| Blastobasis pentasticta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Blastobasidae |
| Genus: | Blastobasis |
| Species: | B. pentasticta
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| Binomial name | |
| Blastobasis pentasticta Turner, 1947
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Blastobasis pentasticta is a moth of the family Blastobasidae. It is found in Australia, including New South Wales.
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]
References[edit]
- ^ Turner, A. Jefferis (1947). "Contributions to our knowledge of Australian Microlepidoptera". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland. 57: 70.
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