Blastobasis lacticolella

Blastobasis lacticolella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Blastobasidae
Genus:	Blastobasis
Species:	B. lacticolella
Binomial name
	Blastobasis lacticolella; Rebel, 1939/1940
Synonyms
	Blastobasis decolorella auct.

Last updated May 08, 2025

Blastobasis lacticolella is a species of moth of the family Blastobasidae.^[3] It is endemic to Madeira but has been introduced to western Europe^[5]^[2] and is now reported from the Netherlands,^[3] Great Britain,^[4]^[5] Ireland,^[2] and Sweden.^[5] It is widespread in southern England.^[4]

Description

The wingspan is 15–23 mm.^[5] Adults are on wing from March to October^[5] (from May to June and again in autumn in the UK^[4]).

Larvae feed in a silken gallery, on a wide variety of unrelated food types, including leaf-litter, vegetation and stored products, such as:^[4]^[6]

the shoots of tamarisk
spongy oak galls
moss
hawthorn berries
dead insects
rosehips
dried skin of apple.

References

↑ "Blastobasis lacticolella Rebel, 1939". Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.25.097. 7 April 2025. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
1 2 3 Boyes, Douglas; Hutchinson, Finley; et al. (2023). "The genome sequence of the London Dowd, Blastobasis lacticolella (Rebel, 1939)". Wellcome Open Research. 8: 352. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.19839.1 .
1 2 3 "Blastobasis lacticolella Rebel, 1940". Fauna Europaea . 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
1 2 3 4 5 Kimber, Ian. "41.003 BF874 Blastobasis lacticolella Rebel, 1940". UKmoths. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
1 2 3 4 5 Karsholt, Ole & Sinev, Sergej Yurjevitsch (2004). "Contribution to the Lepidoptera fauna of the Madeira Islands. Part 4. Blastobasidae". Beiträge zur Entomologie. 54 (2): 387–463 [404]. doi: 10.21248/CONTRIB.ENTOMOL.54.2.387-463 .
↑ 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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[Global_Lepidoptera_Index-1] "Blastobasis lacticolella Rebel, 1939". Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.25.097. 7 April 2025. Retrieved 7 May 2025.

[Boyes_et_al._2023-2] 1 2 3 Boyes, Douglas; Hutchinson, Finley; et al. (2023). "The genome sequence of the London Dowd, Blastobasis lacticolella (Rebel, 1939)". Wellcome Open Research. 8: 352. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.19839.1 .

[Fauna_Europaea-3] 1 2 3 "Blastobasis lacticolella Rebel, 1940". Fauna Europaea . 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2025.

[UKMoths-4] 1 2 3 4 5 Kimber, Ian. "41.003 BF874 Blastobasis lacticolella Rebel, 1940". UKmoths. Retrieved 7 May 2025.

[Karsholt_&_Sinev_2004-5] 1 2 3 4 5 Karsholt, Ole & Sinev, Sergej Yurjevitsch (2004). "Contribution to the Lepidoptera fauna of the Madeira Islands. Part 4. Blastobasidae". Beiträge zur Entomologie. 54 (2): 387–463 [404]. doi: 10.21248/CONTRIB.ENTOMOL.54.2.387-463 .

[6] 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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