Blastobasis adustella
| Blastobasis adustella | |
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| Adult from Lincolnshire (UK) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Blastobasidae |
| Genus: | Blastobasis |
| Species: | B. adustella |
| Binomial name | |
| Blastobasis adustella Walsingham, 1894 | |
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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 long been used for this species. Research by Karsholt & Sinev in 2004 has concluded that the real lignea is in fact a species restricted to Madeira. To complicate things, lignea is now a synonym of Blastobasis vittata.