Blastobasis vittata

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]

Blastobasis vittata
Scientific classification
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

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]

gollark: If anyone asks, blame it on SCM-19B2DB82.
gollark: We will refer to all bees as apioforms in documentation.
gollark: What if we write even MORE clinically than the SCP people somehow?
gollark: (clinical tone is for BEES or PEOPLE WITH MORE CLINICAL TONE)
gollark: Item ID: SCM-F078C8EEClass: Æφ-77Description: SCM-F078C8EE is a printed photograph of an apioform. It displays no anomalous properties except that an entry about it SOMEHOW APPEARS CONSTANTLY IN THE DATABASE despite many measures taken to lock its slot.

References
  1. 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.
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