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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Blastobasidae |
| Genus: | Blastobasis |
| Species: | B. vittata
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| Blastobasis vittata (Wollaston, 1858)
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Taxonomy
editThe 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
edit- ^ a b c Karsholt, O. & Sinev, S.Yu. (2004) Contribution to the Lepidoptera fauna of the Madeira Islands Part 4: Blastobasidae. Beitr. Ent. 54(2): 387–463.
- ^ "02905 Blastobasis vittata (WOLLASTON, 1858)". lepiforum.de. Retrieved 12 May 2020. (in German)
- ^ Kimber, Ian. "41.004 BF873a Blastobasis vittata (Wollaston, 1858)". UKmoths. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
- ^ "Checklist of Northern Ireland Microlepidoptera January 2016". ResearchGate. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
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