Blastobasis tarda Meyrick, 1902
BLASTOBASIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley

(updated 2 January 2007)


(Photo: courtesy of Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research)

The adult moths of this species have forewings that are brown, and that have fringes along the inner margin that are longer than the width of the rest of the wing. The hindwings paler and narrower, and have fringes along the costa and even longer ones along the inner margin. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

The species has been found in :

  • New Zealand, and
  • in Australia: in Queensland and New South Wales.

    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 251.


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