Blastobasidae
Blastobasis lacticolella
BLASTOBASIS lacticolella Rebel, 1940
Blastobasis lacticolella
BLASTOBASIS lacticolella Rebel, 1940
Life Cycle Guide - Adult Only
Description
Vernacular Name: London Dowd
Wingspan: 13-22mm
Worldwide Distribution: Madeira : Great Britain : Netherlands
UK Distribution: Common throughout most of Britain : Ireland - first recorded in 2002
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Woodland : Coastal Scrub : Gardens : Urban Parks
Similar Species -
Observations: Being endemic to Madeira this moth has under certain circumstances arrived both here in Britain and in the Netherlands, where it has become naturalised, with the common denominator possibly being plant in nature although the actual arrival is a mystery.The range of this moth in this country is expanding possibly due to the wide variety of food stuff eaten by the larva from dead insects to decaying vegetable matter.(see list below)
The moth is variably marked from a virtually plain straw coloured moth with no markings to one highly marked in dark brown with zig zag antemedian and subterminal cross lines.
The moth is readily disturbed during the day and is attracted to light.
Wingspan: 13-22mm
Worldwide Distribution: Madeira : Great Britain : Netherlands
UK Distribution: Common throughout most of Britain : Ireland - first recorded in 2002
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = > 300 10km squares
- Least concern where it appears
- Blastobasis lacticolella Rebel, 1940
- Oecophora phycidella Zeller, 1839
- Country & Locality Unknown
Habitat: Woodland : Coastal Scrub : Gardens : Urban Parks
Similar Species -
- None
Observations: Being endemic to Madeira this moth has under certain circumstances arrived both here in Britain and in the Netherlands, where it has become naturalised, with the common denominator possibly being plant in nature although the actual arrival is a mystery.The range of this moth in this country is expanding possibly due to the wide variety of food stuff eaten by the larva from dead insects to decaying vegetable matter.(see list below)
The moth is variably marked from a virtually plain straw coloured moth with no markings to one highly marked in dark brown with zig zag antemedian and subterminal cross lines.
The moth is readily disturbed during the day and is attracted to light.
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
As well as the larval food plants shown below the larva also feed on Mosses,Dead Insects,Decaying Vegetable Matter & Detritus
As well as the larval food plants shown below the larva also feed on Mosses,Dead Insects,Decaying Vegetable Matter & Detritus
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website
where further information like photos,physical
characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal
uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
- Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
- Asteraceae - Compositae - Aster-Daisy - Sunflower Family
- Tanacetum vulgare - Tansy ( Seedpods Only)
- Tanacetum vulgare - Tansy ( Seedpods Only)
- Fabaceae - Leguminosea - The Pulse - Bean - Pea - Legume Family
- Lupinus arboreus - Tree Lupin ( Seedpods Only)
- Fagaceae - Oak - Chestnut - Beech Family
- Quercus robur - Pedunculate Oak ( Spongy Oak-galls Only)
- Note - Larvae also feed on the following plant families
- Caryophyllaceae - Tamerisk - (Roots Only)
- Rosaceae - Rosa - (Rose-hips Only): Crateagus - Hawthorn - (Berries Only)
- Note - Larvae also feed on the following plant families
- Quercus robur - Pedunculate Oak ( Spongy Oak-galls Only)
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
Subkingdom: Phylum: Subphylum Class: Order: Superfamily: Family: Genus: Accepted Species Name: Type Species - BLASTOBASIS: Original Species Name: Species Names: Literary Ref: Type Locality: |
Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Gelechioidea Blastobasidae BLASTOBASIS Zeller, 1855 Blastobasis lacticolella Rebel, 1940 - Oecophora phycidella Zeller, 1839 - BLASTOBASIS lacticolella Rebel, 1940 = decolorella auct. - Rebel,1939.Ark.Zoological Society.32:A2:14 Blastobasis - Country & Locality Unknown |