''Blastobasis vittata'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

of the family

Blastobasidae The Blastobasidae are 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 ...

. It was thought to be endemic to

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Karsholt, O. & Sinev, S.Yu. (2004) Contribution to the Lepidoptera fauna of the Madeira Islands Part 4: Blastobasidae. ''Beitr. Ent.'' 54(2): 387–463.
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and

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Taxonomy

The name ''Blastobasis lignea'' was for a time used for records now identified as ''

Blastobasis adustella ''Blastobasis adustella'' is a species of moth of the family Blastobasidae. 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 Descrip ...

''. Karsholt & Sinev's taxonomic revision in 2004 reclassified Walsingham's original ''B. lignea'' specimen as ''B. vittata'', making ''lignea'' properly the junior synonym of ''vittata''. ''B. adustella'' was originally described by Walsingham as a variety of ''B. lignea''.

References

External links

Microlepidoptera in Nederland in 2003, with a note on the taxonomic status of ''lignea'', ''adustella'' and ''vittata''
Blastobasis Moths described in 1858 Moths of Europe Taxa named by Thomas Vernon Wollaston {{Blastobasis-stub