Marsh dowd moth | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Blastobasidae |
Genus: | Blastobasis |
Species: | B. rebeli
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Binomial name | |
Blastobasis rebeli Sinev & Karsholt, 2004
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Blastobasis rebeli, the marsh dowd moth, is a moth in the family Blastobasidae found on Madeira.[1] It was first recorded from Hampshire, Great Britain in 1998 and there have been subsequent records from the same area and nearby, as well as in West Sussex.[2]
The wingspan is about 13 mm and the early stages are not yet described.[3]