Blastobasis desertarum
| Blastobasis desertarum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Blastobasidae |
| Genus: | Blastobasis |
| Species: | B. desertarum
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| Binomial name | |
| Blastobasis desertarum (Wollaston, 1858)
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Blastobasis desertarum is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found on Madeira and the Azores.[1] The species was recorded from greenhouses in Berlin in 2005, where it was incidentally introduced.
It is regarded a pest on ornamental plants. The larvae feed on Aeonium and other Crassulaceae species. They feed within the stem and tunnel in the roots of their host plant.[2]
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