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Family: Blastobasidae   Checklist Number: 41.002

Blastobasis adustella   Walsingham, 1894

Common Masoner

Widespread and common throughout Britain with many records from the southern islands. Several habitats are used including gardens and coastal scrub. The long flight period is from May to November suggesting more than one generation. The larval food-plants are many including several members of the Rosaceae family.

References: 
Sterling, P. & Parsons, M. (2023 second edition). Field Guide to the Micro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland.

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