Blastobasis phycidella

Blastobasis phycidella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Blastobasidae
Genus: Blastobasis
Species:
B. phycidella
Binomial name
Blastobasis phycidella
(Zeller, 1839)
Synonyms
List
    • Oecophora phycidella Zeller, 1839
    • Oecophora roscidella Zeller, 1847
    • Blastobasis roscidella

Blastobasis phycidella is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in most of Europe (except Fennoscandia, Latvia, Estonia, Ireland and Iceland).[1]

The wingspan is 17–19 mm.[2] There is probably one generation per year with adults on wing from the end of June to the beginning of early August.[3]

The larvae feed on decomposing wood of oak (Quercus species), fallen pine needles[4] and dried fungus.

  1. ^ "Blastobasis phycidella (Zeller, 1839)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  2. ^ microlepidoptera.nl Archived July 1, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Lepidoptera of Belgium Archived May 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "LOT Moths and Butterflies". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-05-24.