Blastobasis adustella Walsingham, 1894
(Dingy Dowd)

Interactions where Blastobasis adustella is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva larva is predator of larva Taxomyia taxi Yew Gall Midge, Yew Artichoke Gall Diptera: Cecidomyiidae Plant Galls, Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Blastobasidae/Blastobasis adustella/Blastobasis adustelladingy dowdlarva Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Taxomyia taxi/Taxomyia taxiyew gall midge, yew artichoke galllarva (7-5)
larva larva is predator of gall Taxomyia taxi Yew Gall Midge, Yew Artichoke Gall Diptera: Cecidomyiidae Plant Galls, Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Blastobasidae/Blastobasis adustella/Blastobasis adustelladingy dowdlarva Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Taxomyia taxi/Taxomyia taxiyew gall midge, yew artichoke gallgall (7-5)
larva larva mines leaf Taxus baccata Yew Pinales: Taxaceae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Blastobasidae/Blastobasis adustella/Blastobasis adustelladingy dowdlarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Taxaceae/Taxus baccata/Taxus baccatayewleaf (autumn-spring)
larva larva grazes on leaf Taxus baccata Yew Pinales: Taxaceae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Blastobasidae/Blastobasis adustella/Blastobasis adustelladingy dowdlarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Taxaceae/Taxus baccata/Taxus baccatayewleaf (autumn-spring)

Author & YearTitleSource
Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992Plant GallsNaturalists’ Handbooks, No 17, 99pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Robbins, R., 1990A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the MidlandsBenchmark Atlas Series, 1991? edition, 181pp, Warwickshire Museum Service

Blastobasis adustella (Dingy Dowd) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Blastobasis adustella (Dingy Dowd) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBlastobasis adustella (Dingy Dowd)
GenusBlastobasis (a genus of micro-moths)
FamilyBLASTOBASIDAE (a family of micro-moths)
SuperfamilyGELECHIOIDEA (a superfamily of mainly leaf-miner micro-moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Blastobasis adustella (Dingy Dowd)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Agassiz, D. 2004 Cypress Trees and their Moths British Wildlife Vol 15, No. 4: 265-268.

Blastobasis adustella (Dingy Dowd) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Blastobasis adustella (Dingy Dowd):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 18 images of Blastobasis adustella (Dingy Dowd)
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