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]
Taxonomyedit
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]
blastobasis, adustella, species, moth, family, blastobasidae, endemic, australian, region, introduced, western, europe, reported, from, netherlands, great, britain, ireland, madeira, azoresadult, from, lincolnshire, scientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotak. 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 AzoresBlastobasis adustellaAdult from Lincolnshire UK Scientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily BlastobasidaeGenus BlastobasisSpecies B adustellaBinomial nameBlastobasis adustellaWalsingham 1894SynonymsList Blastobasis lignea auct non Walsingham 1894 misidentification Blastobasis sarcophaga Meyrick 1902 Blastobasis xanthographella Rebel 1940 Contents 1 Description 2 Taxonomy 3 References 4 External linksDescription editThe 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 editThe name Blastobasis lignea has often been used for records now considered as Blastobasis adustella 2 A taxonomic revision by Karsholt amp 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 edit Kimber Ian 41 002 BF873 Blastobasis adustella Walsingham 1894 UKmoths Retrieved 10 May 2020 a b Karsholt O amp Sinev S Yu 2004 Contribution to the Lepidoptera fauna of the Madeira Islands Part 4 Blastobasidae Beitr Ent 54 2 387 463 External links editAzores Bioportal nbsp This article relating to the genus Blastobasis is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Blastobasis adustella amp oldid 1085652211, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
