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.

[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.

[1] This article relating to the genus Blastobasis is a stub.

A photo of the ‘Blastobasis vittata’ moth
Blastobasis vittata