Blastobasis adustella
| Blastobasis adustella | |
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| File:DSC06882 British Moths Blastobasidae Blastobasis adustella.jpg | |
| Adult from Lincolnshire (UK) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Blastobasidae |
| Genus: | Blastobasis |
| Species: | B. adustella
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| Binomial name | |
| Blastobasis adustella Walsingham, 1894
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Blastobasis adustella is a species of moth of the family Blastobasidae. It is endemic to Australian region, but was introduced in western Europe and is now reported from The Netherlands, Great Britain, Ireland, Madeira and the Azores
Description
[edit | edit source]The wingspan is 15–20 mm. Adults are on wing from August to September.
The larvae feed on a variety of foodstuffs, including decaying vegetable matter as well as the seedheads of wild teasel (Dipsacus fullonum) in Europe.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]The name Blastobasis lignea has often been used for records now considered as Blastobasis adustella.[2] A taxonomic revision by Karsholt & Sinev reclassifies Walsingham's original B. lignea specimen as Blastobasis vittata, making lignea properly the junior synonym of vittata. B. adustella was originally described by Walshingham as a variety of B. lignea.[2]
References
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- ^ a b Karsholt O. & Sinev S.Yu. (2004) Contribution to the Lepidoptera fauna of the Madeira Islands Part 4: Blastobasidae. Beitr. Ent. 54(2): 387–463.
External links
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