Blastobasis lacticolella
| Blastobasis lacticolella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Blastobasidae |
| Genus: | Blastobasis |
| Species: | B. lacticolella
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| Binomial name | |
| Blastobasis lacticolella | |
| Synonyms | |
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Blastobasis decolorella auct. | |
Blastobasis lacticolella is a species of moth of the family Blastobasidae.[3] It is endemic to Madeira but has been introduced to western Europe[5][2] and is now reported from the Netherlands,[3] Great Britain,[4][5] Ireland,[2] and Sweden.[5] It is widespread in southern England.[4]
Description
The wingspan is 15–23 mm.[5] Adults are on wing from March to October[5] (from May to June and again in autumn in the UK[4]).
Larvae feed in a silken gallery, on a wide variety of unrelated food types, including leaf-litter, vegetation and stored products, such as:[4][6]
- the shoots of tamarisk
- spongy oak galls
- moss
- hawthorn berries
- dead insects
- rosehips
- dried skin of apple.
References
- ^ "Blastobasis lacticolella Rebel, 1939". Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.25.097. 7 April 2025. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
- ^ a b c Boyes, Douglas; Hutchinson, Finley; et al. (2023). "The genome sequence of the London Dowd, Blastobasis lacticolella (Rebel, 1939)". Wellcome Open Research. 8: 352. doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.19839.1.
- ^ a b c "Blastobasis lacticolella Rebel, 1940". Fauna Europaea. 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
- ^ a b c d e Kimber, Ian. "41.003 BF874 Blastobasis lacticolella Rebel, 1940". UKmoths. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
- ^ a b c d e Karsholt, Ole & Sinev, Sergej Yurjevitsch (2004). "Contribution to the Lepidoptera fauna of the Madeira Islands. Part 4. Blastobasidae". Beiträge zur Entomologie. 54 (2): 387–463 [404]. doi:10.21248/CONTRIB.ENTOMOL.54.2.387-463.
- ^ Sterling, Phil; Parsons, Mark; Lewington, Richard (2012). Field Guide to the Micro moths of Great Britain and Ireland. Milton on Stour: British Wildlife Publishing. p. 125. ISBN 978-0-9564902-1-6.