''Blastobasis'' is the
type genus
In biological taxonomy, the type genus (''genus typica'') is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name.
Zoological nomenclature
According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearin ...
of the
gelechioid moth family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
Blastobasidae
The Blastobasidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. Its species can be found almost anywhere in the world, though in some places they are not native but introduced by humans. In some arrangements, these moths are included in ...
; in some arrangements these are placed in the
case-bearer
The Coleophoridae are a family of small moths, belonging to the huge superfamily Gelechioidea. Collectively known as case-bearers, casebearing moths or case moths, this family is represented on all continents, but the majority are found in temp ...
family (Coleophoridae) as a subfamily. Within the Blastobasidae, the
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...
Blastobasinae (or
tribe
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Blastobasini, if united with the concealer moths) has been established to distinguish the ''Blastobasis'' lineage from the group around ''
Holcocera
''Holcocera'' is a Gelechioidea, gelechoid moth genus of the family (biology), family Blastobasidae. There are about 70 described species.
Taxonomy
The genera ''Hypatopa'' and ''Calosima'' are sometimes treated as synonyms of ''Holcocera''.
Spe ...
'', but the delimitation is not yet well-resolved.
The
monophyly
In biological cladistics for the classification of organisms, monophyly is the condition of a taxonomic grouping being a clade – that is, a grouping of organisms which meets these criteria:
# the grouping contains its own most recent comm ...
of this genus – the largest of its family, containing at present about half the described Blastobasidae species – is seriously in doubt. Many presumed relatives have been separated in small or even
monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...
genera, which may actually represent specialized lineages within the ''Blastobasis'' assemblage. On the other hand, some formerly-independent genera are usually included in ''Blastobasis'' at the moment. ''
Agnoea'', ''
Auximobasis'', ''Euresia'' and ''
Zenodochium
''Zenodochium'' is a genus of moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, para ...
'' are sometimes included here but considered distinct by other authors.
Species
Species of ''Blastobasis'' include:
[FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2001)]
* ''
Blastobasis abollae''
* ''
Blastobasis acarta''
Meyrick, 1911
* ''
Blastobasis achaea''
* ''
Blastobasis acirfa''
Adamski, 2010
* ''
Blastobasis adustella
''Blastobasis adustella'' is a species of moth of the family Blastobasidae. It is endemic to Australian region, but was introduced in western Europe and is now reported from The Netherlands, Great Britain, Ireland, Madeira and the Azores
Descrip ...
''
* ''
Blastobasis aedes''
* ''
Blastobasis aequivoca''
Meyrick, 1922
* ''
Blastobasis albidella''
Rebel, 1928
* ''
Blastobasis anachasta''
Meyrick, 1931
* ''
Blastobasis anthoptera''
* ''
Blastobasis aphanes''
Zeller, 1877
* ''
Blastobasis aphilodes''
Meyrick, 1918
* ''
Blastobasis argillacea''
Walsingham, 1897
* ''
Blastobasis athymopa''
Meyrick, 1932
* ''
Blastobasis atlantella''
Zerny, 1935
* ''
Blastobasis atmosema''
Meyrick, 1930
* ''
Blastobasis atmozona''
Meyrick, 1939
* ''
Blastobasis aynekiella''
Adamski, 2010
* ''
Blastobasis babae''
* ''
Blastobasis balucis''
* ''
Blastobasis basipectenella''
* ''
Blastobasis bassii''
Sinev & Karsholt, 2004
* ''
Blastobasis beo''
* ''
Blastobasis bilineatella''
Lucas, 1956
* ''
Blastobasis bispinaella''
* ''
Blastobasis bromeliae''
(Walsingham, 1912)
* ''
Blastobasis byrsodepta''
Meyrick, 1913
* ''
Blastobasis caetrae''
* ''
Blastobasis candidata''
Meyrick, 1922
* ''
Blastobasis catappaella''
Adamski, 2010
* ''
Blastobasis centralasiae''
Sinev, 2007
* ''
Blastobasis chanes''
* ''
Blastobasis chloroptris''
Meyrick, 1931
* ''
Blastobasis christou''
* ''
Blastobasis chuka''
Adamski, 2010
* ''
Blastobasis cineracella''
Amsel, 1953
* ''
Blastobasis coffeaella''
* ''
Blastobasis commendata''
Meyrick, 1922
* ''
Blastobasis confamulella''
* ''
Blastobasis confectella''
* ''
Blastobasis controversella''
Zeller, 1877
* ''
Blastobasis cophodes''
Meyrick, 1918
* ''
Blastobasis crassifica''
Meyrick, 1916
* ''
Blastobasis crypsimorpha''
Meyrick, 1922
* ''
Blastobasis curta''
Meyrick, 1916
* ''
Blastobasis custodis''
* ''
Blastobasis dapis''
* ''
Blastobasis deae''
* ''
Blastobasis decolor''
Meyrick, 1907
* ''
Blastobasis decolorella''
Wollaston, 1858
* ''
Blastobasis deliciolarum''
* ''
Blastobasis desertarum''
(Wollaston, 1858)
* ''
Blastobasis determinata''
Meyrick, 1921
* ''
Blastobasis dicionis''
* ''
Blastobasis divisus''
(Walsingham, 1894)
* ''
Blastobasis drymosa''
Adamski & Li, 2010
* ''
Blastobasis dyssema''
Turner, 1918
* ''
Blastobasis echus''
* ''
Blastobasis egens''
Meyrick, 1918
* ''
Blastobasis elgonae''
Adamski, 2010
* ''
Blastobasis episema''
Turner, 1918
* ''
Blastobasis erae''
* ''
Blastobasis ergastulella''
Zeller, 1877
* ''
Blastobasis eridryas''
Meyrick, 1932
* ''
Blastobasis evanescens''
Walsingham, 1901
* ''
Blastobasis exclusa''
(Walsingham, 1908)
* ''
Blastobasis fatigata''
Meyrick, 1914
* ''
Blastobasis fax''
* ''
Blastobasis floridella''
* ''
Blastobasis furtivus''
* ''
Blastobasis fuscomaculella''
Ragonot, 1879
* ''
Blastobasis glandulella
''Blastobasis glandulella'' is a species of moth of the family Blastobasidae. It is found in the Eastern United States and southern Ontario, Canada. It has also been recorded in California. In Europe, it has been recorded from Austria, Germany, t ...
'' – "acorn moth"
* ''
Blastobasis glauconotata''
Adamski, 2010
* ''
Blastobasis gracilis''
Walsingham, 1897
* ''
Blastobasis graminea''
* ''
Blastobasis grenadensis''
Walsingham, 1897
* ''
Blastobasis helleri''
Rebel, 1910
* ''
Blastobasis homadelpha''
* ''
Blastobasis huemeri''
Sinev, 1994
* ''
Blastobasis ianella''
* ''
Blastobasis inana''
* ''
Blastobasis incuriosa''
* ''
Blastobasis inderskella''
Caradja, 1920
* ''
Blastobasis indigesta''
Meyrick, 1931
* ''
Blastobasis indirecta''
Meyrick, 1935
* ''
Blastobasis industria''
Meyrick, 1913
* ''
Blastobasis inouei''
Moriuti, 1987
* ''
Blastobasis insularis''
(Wollaston, 1858)
* ''
Blastobasis intrepida''
Meyrick, 1911
* ''
Blastobasis invigorata''
(Meyrick, 1932)
* ''
Blastobasis iuanae''
* ''
Blastobasis kenya''
Adamski, 2010
* ''
Blastobasis lacticolella''
* ''
Blastobasis laurisilvae''
Sinev & Karsholt, 2004
* ''
Blastobasis lavernella''
Walsingham, 1894
* ''
Blastobasis lecaniella''
Busck, 1913
* ''
Blastobasis legrandi''
Adamski, 1995
* ''
Blastobasis leucogonia''
Zeller, 1877
* ''
Blastobasis leucotoxa''
* ''
Blastobasis leucozyga''
Meyrick, 1936
* ''
Blastobasis lex''
* ''
Blastobasis litis''
* ''
Blastobasis lososi''
* ''
Blastobasis luteella''
Sinev & Karsholt, 2004
* ''
Blastobasis lutiflua''
Meyrick, 1922
* ''
Blastobasis lygdi''
* ''
Blastobasis magna''
Amsel, 1952
* ''
Blastobasis manto''
* ''
Blastobasis marmorosella''
(Wollaston, 1858)
* ''
Blastobasis maroccanella''
Amsel, 1952
* ''
Blastobasis millicentae''
Adamski, 2010
* ''
Blastobasis mnemosynella''
Millière, 1876
* ''
Blastobasis moffetti''
* ''
Blastobasis molinda''
* ''
Blastobasis monozona''
* ''
Blastobasis mpala''
Adamski, 2010
* ''
Blastobasis murcyae''
* ''
Blastobasis neniae''
* ''
Blastobasis neozona''
Meyrick, 1918
* ''
Blastobasis nephelias''
* ''
Blastobasis nephelophaea''
Meyrick, 1931
* ''
Blastobasis neptes''
(Walsingham, 1912)
* ''
Blastobasis nigromaculata''
(Wollaston, 1858)
* ''
Blastobasis nivis''
* ''
Blastobasis normalis''
* ''
Blastobasis nothrotes''
* ''
Blastobasis ochreopalpella''
(Wollaston, 1858)
* ''
Blastobasis ochrobathra''
* ''
Blastobasis ochromorpha''
* ''
Blastobasis orithyia''
* ''
Blastobasis orladelaneae''
* ''
Blastobasis pacalis''
Meyrick, 1922
* ''
Blastobasis pallescens''
* ''
Blastobasis paludis''
* ''
Blastobasis pannonica''
Sumpich & Liska, 2011
* ''
Blastobasis parki''
Sinev, 1986
* ''
Blastobasis pentasticta''
* ''
Blastobasis phaedra''
* ''
Blastobasis phaeopasta''
* ''
Blastobasis phycidella''
(Zeller, 1839)
* ''
Blastobasis pica''
(Walsingham, 1894)
* ''
Blastobasis ponticella''
Sinev, 2007
* ''
Blastobasis proagorella''
Zeller, 1877
* ''
Blastobasis pulchella''
* ''
Blastobasis quaintancella''
* ''
Blastobasis rebeli
''Blastobasis rebeli'', the marsh dowd moth, is a moth in the family Blastobasidae found on Madeira. It was first recorded from Hampshire, Great Britain in 1998 and there have been subsequent records from the same area and nearby, as well as in W ...
''
Sinev & Karsholt, 2004
* ''
Blastobasis repartella''
* ''
Blastobasis retectella''
* ''
Blastobasis rosmarinella''
Walsingham, 1901
* ''
Blastobasis rotae''
* ''
Blastobasis rotullae''
* ''
Blastobasis rubiginosella''
Rebel, 1896
* ''
Blastobasis salebrosella''
Rebel, 1940
* ''
Blastobasis sardinica''
Sumpich, 2012
* ''
Blastobasis sciota''
Bradley, 1961
* ''
Blastobasis scotia''
* ''
Blastobasis semilutea''
Meyrick, 1916
* ''
Blastobasis serradaguae''
Sinev & Karsholt, 2004
* ''
Blastobasis sinica''
Adamski & Li, 2010
* ''
Blastobasis spectabilella''
Rebel, 1940
* ''
Blastobasis spermologa''
* ''
Blastobasis spiniella''
Park, 2000
* ''
Blastobasis splendens''
Sinev & Karsholt, 2004
* ''
Blastobasis sprotundalis''
Park, 1984
* ''
Blastobasis subdivisus''
Sinev & Karsholt, 2004
* ''
Blastobasis subolivacea''
Walsingham, 1897
* ''
Blastobasis suppletella''
Zeller, 1877
* ''
Blastobasis syrmatodes''
Meyrick, 1922
* ''
Blastobasis tabernatella
''Blastobasis tabernatella'' is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It was described by Henry Legrand in 1966. It is found on the Seychelles
Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (; Seychellois Creole: ), is an island ...
''
(Legrand, 1966)
* ''
Blastobasis tanyptera''
* ''
Blastobasis tapetae''
* ''
Blastobasis tarachodes''
(Walsingham, 1912)
* ''
Blastobasis tarda''
* ''
Blastobasis taricheuta''
Meyrick, 1909
* ''
Blastobasis taurusella''
Adamski, 2004
* ''
Blastobasis thyone''
* ''
Blastobasis trachelista''
Meyrick, 1921
* ''
Blastobasis transcripta''
* ''
Blastobasis triangularis''
Walsingham, 1897
* ''
Blastobasis tridigitella''
* ''
Blastobasis usurae''
* ''
Blastobasis velutina''
Walsingham, 1908
* ''
Blastobasis vesta''
* ''
Blastobasis virgatella''
Sinev & Karsholt, 2004
* ''
Blastobasis vittata''
* ''
Blastobasis walsinghami''
Sinev & Karsholt, 2004
* ''
Blastobasis wolffi''
Sinev & Karsholt, 2004
* ''
Blastobasis wollastoni''
Sinev & Karsholt, 2004
* ''
Blastobasis xiphiae''
* ''
Blastobasis yuccaecolella''
Footnotes
References
* (2008): Australian Faunal Directory &ndash
''Blastobasis'' Version of 2008-OCT-09. Retrieved 2010-APR-28.
* (2009)
''Blastobasis'' Version 2.1, 2009-DEC-22. Retrieved 2010-APR-28.
* (2004)
Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species&ndash
''Blastobasis'' Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2010-APR-28.
* (2001): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms &ndash
Version of 2001-NOV-07. Retrieved 2010-APR-28.
* (2008)
Coleophoridae Version of 2008-MAY-01. Retrieved 2010-APR-28.
* , 2013: Review of the Blastobasinae of Costa Rica (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Blastobasidae). ''Zootaxa'' 3618 (1): 1-223. Review and full article:
* , 2002: New species of ''Blastobasis'' Zeller from New Caledonia and Fiji (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Coleophoridae: Blastobasinae). ''Insecta Koreana'' 19 (2): 137-145.
* , 2010: Three new species of Blastobasinae moths from Beijing, China (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Coleophoridae). ''Shilap Revista de Lepidopterologica'' 38 (151): 341-351.
*
* , 2004: Contribution of the Lepidoptera fauna of the Madeira Islands. Part 4. Blastobasidae. ''Beiträge zur Entomologie'' 54 (2): 387-463.
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Blastobasidae genera
Taxa named by Philipp Christoph Zeller