About Blastobasis lacticolella Rebel, 1939
Blastobasis lacticolella Rebel, 1939 has a wingspan of 15 to 23 millimeters. Adult moths are active on the wing from March through October; in the United Kingdom, they fly in two distinct generations: one from May to June, and a second in autumn. Larvae live and feed within a silken gallery, consuming a wide variety of unrelated food sources. These food sources include leaf litter, general vegetation, stored products, tamarisk shoots, spongy oak galls, moss, hawthorn berries, dead insects, rosehips, and dried apple skin.
