Blastobasis lavernella

Blastobasis lavernella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Blastobasidae
Genus: Blastobasis
Species: B. lavernella
Binomial name
Blastobasis lavernella
Walsingham, 1894

Blastobasis lavernella is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found on Madeira and in Spain.[1]

The wingspan is 15–16 mm. The forewings are ochreous mixed with reddish-ochreous mottlings and shaded with patches of greyish-brown. The hindwings are shining pale stramineous (straw coloured).[2]

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