Blastobasis vittata

Blastobasis vittata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
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
A photo of the ‘Blastobasis vittata’ moth
Blastobasis vittata

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

Taxonomy

The name Blastobasis lignea was for a time used for records now identified as Blastobasis adustella. 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.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Karsholt, O. & Sinev, S.Yu. (2004) Contribution to the Lepidoptera fauna of the Madeira Islands Part 4: Blastobasidae. Beitr. Ent. 54(2): 387–463.
  2. ↑ "02905 Blastobasis vittata (WOLLASTON, 1858)". lepiforum.de. Retrieved 12 May 2020. (in German)
  3. ↑ Kimber, Ian. "41.004 BF873a Blastobasis vittata (Wollaston, 1858)". UKmoths. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  4. ↑ "Checklist of Northern Ireland Microlepidoptera January 2016". ResearchGate. Retrieved 12 May 2020.