Blastobasis marmorosella
Moth species in genus Blastobasis
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Blastobasidae |
| Genus: | Blastobasis |
| Species: | B. marmorosella |
| Binomial name | |
| Blastobasis marmorosella (Wollaston, 1858) | |
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Blastobasis marmorosella is a moth in the family Blastobasidae.[1] It is found on the Canary Islands, Madeira and in Portugal and Spain.[2] This species has been accidentally introduced to Australia and New Zealand.[3]
Taxonomy
This species was first described by Thomas Vernon Wollaston in 1858 and named Oecophora marmorosella.[4] In 1892 Hans Rebel placed this species within the genus Blastobasis.[5] In 2004 this species was reviewed.[1] The female lectotype, collected in Madeira, is held in the Natural History Museum, London.[1]
Description
This species was described in 2004 by Ole Karsholt and Sergey Yu Sinev as follows:
1⁄3, continuing as a fascia to costa; a blackish spot between this and base and one such spot between the blackish fascia and a double black spot at 4⁄5; indistinct black spots along termen from subapical to tornal spots; fringes light brownish grey. Hindwing rather broad, apically somewhat rounded, grey with light brown-grey fringes.[1]Distribution
This species is likely indigenous to Madeira and Porto Santo.[3] It was first recorded in New Zealand in 1988 and in the 19 years since that first record only 8 specimens have been collected.[3]
References
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- ^ a b c d e Ole Karsholt; Sergej Yurjevitsch Sinev (20 December 2004). "Contribution to the Lepidoptera fauna of the Madeira Islands. Part 4. Blastobasidae". Contributions to Entomology. 54 (2): 418–420. doi:10.21248/CONTRIB.ENTOMOL.54.2.387-463. ISSN 0005-805X. Wikidata Q105897744.
- ^ "Fauna Europaea". fauna-eu.org. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
- ^ a b c RJB Hoare; N Hudson (December 2018). "Adventive moths (Lepidoptera) established in mainland New Zealand: Additions and new identifications since 2001". Australian Entomologist. 45 (3): 273–324. ISSN 1320-6133. Wikidata Q110305107.
- ^ T Vernon Wollaston (1858). "XII.—Brief diagnostic characters of undescribed Madeiran insects". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 1 (2): 121. doi:10.1080/00222935808696882. ISSN 0374-5481. Wikidata Q99838337.
- ^ H Rebel (1892). "Beitrag zur Microlepidopterenfauna des canarischen Archipels". Annalen des K. K. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums (in German). 7 (3): 276–278. JSTOR 41767713. Wikidata Q100979033.
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