Blastobasis floridella

Blastobasis floridella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Blastobasidae
Genus:	Blastobasis
Species:	B. floridella
Binomial name
	Blastobasis floridella; (Dietz, 1910)[1]
Synonyms
	Valentinia floridella Dietz, 1910;

Blastobasis floridella is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in the United States, including Florida[2] and Oklahoma.

The wingspan is 11–16 mm. The ground color of the forewings is sordid ochreous, suffused with fuscous brown. The hindwings are gray, dusted with fuscous.[3]

Larvae have been recorded feeding from the cones of Zamia pumila.

References

mothphotographersgroup
Adamski, D; Hodges, R W (1996). "An annotated list of North American Blastobasinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Coleophoridae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 98: 708–740.
Transactions of the American Entomological Society: Volume 36, Number 1

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[1] thphotographersgroup

[2] Adamski, D; Hodges, R W (1996). "An annotated list of North American Blastobasinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Coleophoridae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 98: 708–740.

[3] Transactions of the American Entomological Society: Volume 36, Number 1