Blastobasis desertarum

Blastobasis desertarum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Blastobasidae
Genus: Blastobasis
Species: B. desertarum
Binomial name
Blastobasis desertarum
(Wollaston, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Coleophora desertarum Wollaston, 1858
  • Blastobasis maderensis Stainton, 1859
  • Coleophora miguelensis Rebel, 1940
  • Blastobasis radiata Walsingham, 1894

Blastobasis desertarum is a moth in the Blastobasidae family. It is found on Madeira and the Azores.[1] The species was recorded from greenhouses in Berlin in 2005, where it was incidentally introduced.

It is regarded a pest on ornamental plants. The larvae feed on Aeonium and other Crassulaceae species. They feed within the stem and tunnel in the roots of their host plant.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ lepiforum.de
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