Biology:Blastobasis vittata

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Short description: Moth species in genus Blastobasis

Blastobasis vittata
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Blastobasidae
Genus: Blastobasis
Species:
B. vittata
Binomial name
Blastobasis vittata
(Wollaston, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Laverna vittata Wollaston, 1858
  • Blastobasis lignea Walsingham, 1894
  • Blastobasis flavescentella Rebel, 1940

Blastobasis vittata is a moth of the family Blastobasidae. It was thought to be endemic to Madeira[1] but is now known to inhabit the Netherlands, France , the Channel Islands, England and Northern Ireland.[2][3][4]

Taxonomy

The name Blastobasis lignea was for a time used for records now identified as Blastobasis adustella.[1] Karsholt & Sinev's taxonomic revision in 2004 reclassified Walsingham's original B. lignea specimen as B. vittata, making lignea properly the junior synonym of vittata. B. adustella was originally described by Walsingham as a variety of B. lignea.[1]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4925469 entry