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Blastobasis phycidella

Synonyms: Oecophora phycidella (homotypic); Oecophora roscidella (heterotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Blastobasis phycidella is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in most of Europe (except Fennoscandia, Latvia, Estonia, Ireland and Iceland). The wingspan is 17–19 mm. There is probably one generation per year with adults on wing from the end of June to the beginning of early August. The larvae feed on decomposing wood of Quercus species, fallen pine needles and dried fungus.
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Prey / Diet

Quercus ilex (Holly Oak)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0