Blastobasis adustella

Blastobasis adustella
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
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 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.

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