Biology:Blastobasis lacticolella
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Short description: Moth species in genus Blastobasis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Blastobasidae |
| Genus: | Blastobasis |
| Species: | B. lacticolella
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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. https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55434/taxon/247572.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Boyes, Douglas 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Blastobasis lacticolella Rebel, 1940". Fauna Europaea. 2011. https://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:434551.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Kimber, Ian. "41.003 BF874 Blastobasis lacticolella Rebel, 1940". UKmoths. https://ukmoths.org.uk/species/blastobasis-lacticolella/.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q4246284 entry
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