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Blastobasis tarda

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Blastobasis tarda is a species in the family Blastobasidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about Blastobasis tarda

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Blastobasis tarda live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Blastobasis tarda as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. France
  2. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is Blastobasis tarda endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Blastobasis tarda classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyBlastobasidae
  6. genusBlastobasis
  7. SpeciesBlastobasis tarda Meyrick, 1902

Synonyms Neoblastobasis ligurica

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Blastobasis tarda

Other species in the same genus Blastobasis.

Dingy Dowd

Blastobasis adustella

BlastobasidaeNo free photo yet

London Dowd

Blastobasis lacticolella

BlastobasidaeNo free photo yet

Marsh Dowd

Blastobasis rebeli

BlastobasidaeNo free photo yet

Marsh Dowd

Blastobasis wolffi

BlastobasidaeNo free photo yet

CompareBlastobasis tarda vs Dingy DowdBlastobasis tarda vs Hampshire DowdBlastobasis tarda vs London DowdBlastobasis tarda vs Marsh Dowd

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is Blastobasis tarda an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Blastobasis tarda as introduced in 2 countries: France and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Blastobasis tarda?

Blastobasis tarda (Blastobasis tarda) belongs to the family Blastobasidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Blastobasis tarda (Blastobasis tarda). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/blastobasis-tarda

MLA

“Blastobasis tarda (Blastobasis tarda).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/blastobasis-tarda.

BibTeX
@misc{blastobasis_tarda_2026,
  title = {Blastobasis tarda (Blastobasis tarda)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/blastobasis-tarda},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}