Blastobasis maroccanella

Blastobasis maroccanella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Blastobasidae
Genus:Blastobasis
Species: B. maroccanella
Binomial name
Blastobasis maroccanella
Amsel, 1952
Synonyms
  • Blastobasis acuta Bradley, 1958

Blastobasis maroccanella is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found on the Azores, Madeira and in Portugal, Spain[1] and Morocco.[2] It was recently reported from California in the United States.

Adults are variable in size and colour, the forewings with a peppered appearance of dark brownish grey over a paler ground colour and with a dark transverse band near middle and two short dark transverse streaks in the distal third, one near costa and one chevron-like near termen. Adults are on wing year round.

The larvae have been reported feeding on a wide range of host materials, including cultivated grapes and peas and decaying wood.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Karsholt, O. & S.Yu. Sinev, 2004: Contribution of the Lepidoptera fauna of the Madeira Islands. Part 4. Blastobasidae. Beiträge zur Entomologie 54 (2): 387-463.
  3. ↑ Shared but overlooked: 30 species of Holarctic Microlepidoptera revealed by DNA barcodes and morphology


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