''Blastobasis acirfa'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in

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., et al. 2010: A Review of African Blastobasinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Coleophoridae), with New Taxa Reared from Native Fruits in Kenya. ''Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology'' 630: 1-77. Full article

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Etymology

The species epithet, ''acirfa'', refers to the name of

the continent Continental Europe or mainland Europe is the contiguous continent of Europe, excluding its surrounding islands. It can also be referred to ambiguously as the European continent, – which can conversely mean the whole of Europe – and, by ...

in which this species is known to occur, but spelled backward.

References

Endemic moths of Kenya Moths described in 2010 Blastobasis Moths of Africa {{Blastobasis-stub