Species Details

ABH: 41.005

BF: 875a

Family: Blastobasidae

Taxon: Blastobasis rebeli

=Blastobasis wolffi

Authority: Karsholt & Sinev, 2004

Vernacular: Black-banded Masoner

Account: Naturalised through accidental introduction. Originally a native of Madeira, now naturalised, but how it reached Britain remains a mystery. The first British specimen was taken in Hampshire at mercury-vapour light on 17 July 1998 near Bishop's Waltham in a meadow between a housing estate and a stream bordered by an area of damp woodland. A further two were found at the same locality on 27 July 2001, proving that the species is breeding there, and the species has subsequently spread in range to be one of the more common micro-moths in southern Hampshire, now reaching into the north, and reached the Isle of Wight in 2022.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan:

Surrey Flight Period: 22 Jul (2024) — 22 Sep (2024)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant:

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Adventive

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 3 — Difficult to identify, an image may be required 🤔🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/blastobasis-rebeli/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 8

Individuals: 4

Earliest Year: 2016

Latest Year: 2024

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