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Blastobasis vittata (Wollaston, 1858) 
This is a difficult species to identify, being simlar to a worn/faded Blastobasis adustella, so specimens should really be determined under a microscope for certainty. A native to Maderia, it first turned up in the UK in West Sussex in 2008 and there have been other records across the southern part of the UK since. Blastobasis vittata has now been recorded from at least two locations in Nottinghamshire, with the specimen below being very kindly provided by Graham Beeley, who recorded this species on several occasions from his Mansfield garden, during August 2024.
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Photographed at Mansfield, August 2024
 
 
Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Blastobasis vittata 
 
 
 
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Nottinghamshire Moths and Butterflies Facebook Group.  Graham Beeley.

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Updated August 2024

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