Blastobasis ochromorpha

Blastobasis ochromorpha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Blastobasidae
Genus:	Blastobasis
Species:	B. ochromorpha
Binomial name
	Blastobasis ochromorpha; Meyrick, 1925[1]

Blastobasis ochromorpha is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in India[2] and Singapore.[3]

The wingspan is about 13 mm. Adults are pale coloured.

The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including onion and stored rice. They have also been recorded feeding within the seeds of Shorea robusta.[4]

References

Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Blastobasis Zeller 1855". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on July 13, 2018.
Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Blastobasis ochromorpha". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
Singapore Biodiversity: An Encyclopedia of the Natural Environment
Adamski, D., 2013: Review of the Blastobasinae of Costa Rica (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Blastobasidae). Zootaxa 3618 (1): 1-223. Review and full article: doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3618.1.1

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[1] Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Blastobasis Zeller 1855". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on July 13, 2018.

[2] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Blastobasis ochromorpha". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 27, 2018.

[3] Singapore Biodiversity: An Encyclopedia of the Natural Environment

[4] Adamski, D., 2013: Review of the Blastobasinae of Costa Rica (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Blastobasidae). Zootaxa 3618 (1): 1-223. Review and full article: doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3618.1.1