Biology:Blastobasis lacticolella
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Short description: Moth species in genus Blastobasis
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Scientific classification 
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| 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 Rebel, 1940 [1]
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Blastobasis decolorella auct. | |
Blastobasis lacticolella is a species of moth of the family Blastobasidae. It was introduced to western Europe[clarification needed] and is now reported from the Netherlands, Great Britain , Ireland and Madeira.
Description
The wingspan is 18–21 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June and again in autumn.
Larvae feed in a silken gallery, on a wide variety of unrelated food types, including leaf-litter, vegetation and stored products, such as:-
- the shoots of tamarisk
- spongy oak galls
- moss
- hawthorn berries
- dead insects
- rosehips
- dried skin of apple.[2][3]
References
- ↑ "Blastobasis lacticolella Rebel, 1940". https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/7dc212c7-985b-4954-a7f5-498b7b6558c6#synonymy. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ↑ Kimber, Ian. "41.003 BF874 Blastobasis lacticolella Rebel, 1940". UKmoths. https://ukmoths.org.uk/species/blastobasis-lacticolella/. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q4246284 entry
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