Blastobasis adustella

Blastobasis adustella
Adult from Lincolnshire (UK)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Blastobasidae
Genus:Blastobasis
Species: B. adustella
Binomial name
Blastobasis adustella
Synonyms
  • Blastobasis lignea auct. non Walsingham, 1894: misidentification
  • Blastobasis sarcophaga Meyrick 1902
  • Blastobasis xanthographella Rebel 1940

Blastobasis adustella is a species of moth of the Blastobasidae family. 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

The wingspan is 15–20 mm. Adults are on wing from August to September.

The larvae feed on the seedheads of Dipsacus fullonum in Europe.

Taxonomy

The name Blastobasis lignea has often been used for records now considered as Blastobasis adustella.[1] 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.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Karsholt O. & Sinev S.Yu. (2004) Contribution to the Lepidoptera fauna of the Madeira Islands Part 4: Blastobasidae. Beitr. Ent. 54(2): 387–463.


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