Blastobasis vittata
Encyclopedia
Blastobasis vittata is a moth
of the Blastobasidae
family. It is endemic to Madeira
.
. Research by Karsholt & Sinev in 2004 has concluded that the real lignea is in fact a species restricted to Madeira. To complicate things, lignea is now a synonym of B. vittata.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Blastobasidae
Blastobasidae
Blastobasidae is a family of moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. Its species can be found almost anywhere in the world, though in some places they are not native but introduced by humans. In some arrangements, these moths are included in the case-bearer family as subfamily Blastobasinae...
family. It is endemic to Madeira
Madeira
Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago that lies between and , just under 400 km north of Tenerife, Canary Islands, in the north Atlantic Ocean and an outermost region of the European Union...
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Taxonomy
The name Blastobasis lignea has long been used for the species now known as Blastobasis adustellaBlastobasis adustella
Blastobasis adustella is a species of moth of the Blastobasidae family. It is endemic to Australian region, but was introduced in western Europe and is now reported from The Netherlands, Great Britain, Ireland, Madeira and the Azores...
. Research by Karsholt & Sinev in 2004 has concluded that the real lignea is in fact a species restricted to Madeira. To complicate things, lignea is now a synonym of B. vittata.