Blastobasis Aynekiella
''Blastobasis aynekiella'' is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in Kenya. The habitat consists of the western highlands of the Kakamega Forest. The length of the forewings is 6.9–8.3 mm. The larvae feed on ''Chrysophyllum albidum ''Gambeya albida'', commonly known as white star apple, is a forest fruit tree commonly found throughout tropical Africa. It is closely related to the African star apple ('' Gambeya africana'') which is also common throughout West Africa. Some sc ...'', ''Mimusops bagshawei'', '' Olea welwitschii'', '' Prunus africana'' and ''Tiliacora funifera''. References Endemic moths of Kenya Moths described in 2010 Blastobasis Moths of Africa Taxa named by David Adamski {{Blastobasis-stub ...
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David Adamski
David Adamski is an American entomologist working as a research associate at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History and a support scientist in the Systematic Entomology Laboratory (SEL), United States Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. He obtained a PhD degree from the Mississippi State University, Department of Entomology in 1987 after defending a dissertation, titled "The Morphology and evolution of North American Blastobasidae (Lepidoptera:Gelechioidea)". His research interests focus on alpha taxonomy, life histories and morphology of moths. Over the years, Adamski produced more than 80 scholarly publications, some in collaboration, shedding light on discernible groups of Lepidoptera including Gelechioidea, Tortricoidea, Pyralidoidea, and Noctuoidea. He studied divergent taxa within the Auchenorrhyncha and Sternorrhyncha, and Phytophagous Acari, as well as Gelechioidea __NOTOC__ Gelechioidea (from the type genus ''Gelechia ''Gelechia'' ...
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