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Blastobasis phycidella

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Blastobasis phycidella
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B. phycidella
Binomial name
Blastobasis phycidella
(Zeller, 1839)
Synonyms
  • 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 Quercus species, fallen pine needles[4] and dried fungus.

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