Blastobasis tridigitella

Blastobasis tridigitella is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in Thailand.

Blastobasis tridigitella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Blastobasidae
Genus: Blastobasis
Species:
B. tridigitella
Binomial name
Blastobasis tridigitella
Adamski, 2003

The length of the forewings is 6–7.8 mm. The forewings have greyish-brown scales intermixed with brown scales, each tipped with pale grey. The hindwings are pale grey.[1]

Etymology

The species name is derived from Latin tri (meaning three) and digitus (meaning finger) and refers to the three finger-like projections arising from the costa and the lower part of the valva.

gollark: Schoolwork? In the HOLIDAYS‽
gollark: I suppose I can add this to my multitasking task multilist.
gollark: Humans have judgement, allegedly. Computers do not. You are not a human. You are a computer.
gollark: Because if you're going to be a slow computer you can't use *judgement*.
gollark: It's very bad. Who wants to manually be a computer?

References
  1. Blastobasinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Coleophoridae) of Thailand, Part II. Four New Species of Blastobasis Zeller, 1855 Archived March 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine


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