Blastobasis decolorella (Wollaston, 1858) is a animal in the Blastobasidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Blastobasis decolorella (Wollaston, 1858)

Blastobasis decolorella (Wollaston, 1858)

Blastobasis decolorella is a Blastobasidae moth confirmed from Madeira and Portugal, with other records from misidentification.

Family
Genus
Blastobasis
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Blastobasis decolorella (Wollaston, 1858)

Blastobasis decolorella (Wollaston, 1858) is a species of moth that belongs to the family Blastobasidae. This moth is confirmed to be found on Madeira and in Portugal. All existing records of this species from England, and possibly also from the Netherlands, are the result of misidentifications of the related species Blastobasis lacticolella.

Photo: (c) André Marques, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by André Marques · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Blastobasidae Blastobasis

More from Blastobasidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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