Blastobasis maroccanella
| Blastobasis maroccanella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Blastobasidae |
| Genus: | Blastobasis |
| Species: | B. maroccanella |
| Binomial name | |
| Blastobasis maroccanella Amsel, 1952 | |
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Blastobasis maroccanella is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found on the Azores, Madeira and in Portugal, Spain[1] and Morocco.[2] It was recently reported from California in the United States.
Adults are variable in size and colour, the forewings with a peppered appearance of dark brownish grey over a paler ground colour and with a dark transverse band near middle and two short dark transverse streaks in the distal third, one near costa and one chevron-like near termen. Adults are on wing year round.
The larvae have been reported feeding on a wide range of host materials, including cultivated grapes and peas and decaying wood.[3]
References
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ Karsholt, O. & S.Yu. Sinev, 2004: Contribution of the Lepidoptera fauna of the Madeira Islands. Part 4. Blastobasidae. Beiträge zur Entomologie 54 (2): 387-463.
- ↑ Shared but overlooked: 30 species of Holarctic Microlepidoptera revealed by DNA barcodes and morphology
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