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, 1940 [1]
Synonyms
Blastobasis decolorella auct.

Blastobasis lacticolella is a species of moth of the family Blastobasidae. It was introduced to western Europe^[clarification needed] and is now reported from the Netherlands, Great Britain, Ireland and Madeira.

Description

The wingspan is 18–21 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June and again in autumn.

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

• the shoots of tamarisk
• spongy oak galls
• moss
• hawthorn berries
• dead insects
• rosehips
• dried skin of apple.[2][3]

References

1. "Blastobasis lacticolella Rebel, 1940". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
2. Kimber, Ian. "41.003 BF874 Blastobasis lacticolella Rebel, 1940". UKmoths. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
3. 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.