Blastobasis lacticolella
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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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| Blastobasis lacticolella | |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "Blastobasis lacticolella Rebel, 1940". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ^ Kimber, Ian. "41.003 BF874 Blastobasis lacticolella Rebel, 1940". UKmoths. 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.
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