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Blastobasis rebeli Karsholt & Sinev, 2004

Black-banded Masoner
(Marsh Dowd)
41.0050 (B&F: 875a)


»Suborder: Glossata
  »Superfamily: Gelechioidea
    »Family: Blastobasidae
      »Subfamily: Gelechiinae
        »Tribe: Hypercalliini

Number of records: 769
Recorded in: 97 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 10 xi 2024
Identification 
difficulty 
: ?Adult: Very scarce species

Resident in a very few places in West Sussex since the first record in 2004. Flies mainly from the second week of July to early August. Larvae foodplants are unknown (Pratt, 2011).

Blastobasis rebeli
Lindfield, 17 vii 2014
Photo: Bob Foreman
Blastobasis rebeli
2 specimens attracted to exterior light
Littlehampton, 14 vii 2017
Photo: Colin Knight
Blastobasis rebeli
Crowborough, 9 vii 2026
Photo: Charles Waters
Blastobasis rebeli
Rowfant, 05 viii 2024
Photo: Hugh Colville
Blastobasis rebeli
Henfield, 2 vii 2025
Photo: Graham Smith
Blastobasis rebeli
Hastings, 31 vii 2024
Photo: Martyn Stanyer
Blastobasis rebeli
Crowborough, 29 vi 2025
Photo: Charles Waters
Blastobasis rebeli
Bracklesham, 11 vii 2018
Photo: Derek Lee

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Distribution at 1km scale

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No larval records

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