Blastobasis vittata is a moth of the family Blastobasidae. It was thought to be endemic to MadeiraKarsholt, O. & Sinev, S.Yu. (2004) Contribution to the Lepidoptera fauna of the Madeira Islands Part 4: Blastobasidae. Beitr. Ent. 54(2): 387–463. but is now known to inhabit the Netherlands, France, the Channel Islands, England and Northern Ireland.
Taxonomy The name Blastobasis lignea was for a time used for records now identified as Blastobasis adustella. Karsholt & Sinev's taxonomic revision in 2004 reclassified Walsingham's original B. lignea specimen as B. vittata, making lignea properly the junior synonym of vittata. B. adustella was originally described by Walsingham as a variety of B. lignea.
References
External links Microlepidoptera in Nederland in 2003, with a note on the taxonomic status of lignea, adustella and vittata