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Blastobasis egens Meyrick, 1918

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Higher taxa:	Blastobasidae (family)/ Blastobasinae (subfamily)/ Blastobasini (tribe)/ Blastobasis (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Meyrick, 1918
Citation:	Blastobasis egens n. sp.
Original genus:	Blastobasis
Publication:	Meyrick E. 1918a. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera.
Journal:	Annals of the Transvaal Museum
Volume:	6
Issue:	2
Pagination:	37
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50361263

Taxonomic note:

Blastobasis egens was described from a mixed series of 10 specimens (see D. Adamski et al. 2010: 36).

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Blastobasis egens Meyrick, 1918	Lectotype	♂	TMSA	Lectotype ♂, genitalia slide D. Adamski 4740♂, TMSA	South Africa	[South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal], Natal, Umkomaas, 25.i.1914, leg. A. J. T. Janse.
Blastobasis egens Meyrick, 1918	Lectotype	♂	NHMUK	Paralectotypes 3♂, 3♀, genitalia slides D. Adamski 4741–4744, NHMUK 30240, 30241, NHMUK, TMSA.	South Africa	[South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal], Natal, Umkomaas, 25.i.1914, leg. A. J. T. Janse.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Blastobasis egens Meyrick, 1918	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Equateur	Ghesquière J. 1940a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (première partie). page 68
Blastobasis egens Meyrick, 1918	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Meyrick E. 1918a. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. page 37

Plant note:

Host associations reported by J. Ghesquière (1940a: 68) and S. Sinev (2004: 116) are erroneous (see D. Adamski et al. 2010: 36).

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