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Bascantis
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Bascantis

Meyrick, 1914
Species:
B. sirenica
Binomial name
Bascantis sirenica
Meyrick, 1914[1]

Bascantis is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae.[2] It contains only one species, Bascantis sirenica, which is found in New Zealand.

The head and thorax are deep purple. The forewings are elongate and deep purple with a semioval ochreous-white spot on the middle of the costa. The hindwings are dark bronzy-fuscous, but lighter anteriorly.[3]

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