''Blastodacna'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s of the family
Elachistidae.
Distribution
''Blastodacna '' species are found in the
Holarctic
The Holarctic realm is a biogeographic realm that comprises the majority of habitats found throughout the continents in the Northern Hemisphere. It corresponds to the floristic Boreal Kingdom. It includes both the Nearctic zoogeographical region ...
, although most species are native to the
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...
.
Taxonomy
The genus is mostly placed in the family
Elachistidae, but other authors list it as a member of the family
Agonoxenidae
The Agonoxeninae are a subfamily of moths.
History of classification
Formerly, the subfamily only contained four named species – all in the type genus '' Agonoxena'' – if (e.g. following Nielsen ''et al.'', 1996). Such a monotypic ar ...
or even assign it its own family, the
Blastodacnidae
The Agonoxeninae are a subfamily of moths.
History of classification
Formerly, the subfamily only contained four named species – all in the type genus ''Agonoxena'' – if (e.g. following Nielsen ''et al.'', 1996). Such a monotypic arr ...
.
Species
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Blastodacna atra''
(Haworth, 1828)
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Blastodacna bicristatella''
(Chambers, 1875)
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Blastodacna curvilineella''
(Chambers, 1872)
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Blastodacna erebopis''
Meyrick, 1934
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Blastodacna georgiella''
Sinev, 1988
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Blastodacna hellerella''
(Duponchel, 1838)
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Blastodacna libanotica''
Diakonoff, 1939
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Blastodacna lvovskyi''
Sinev, 1986
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Blastodacna mandshurica''
Sinev, 1988
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Blastodacna mironovi''
Sinev, 1989
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Blastodacna ochrella''
Sugisima, 2004
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Blastodacna pyrigalla''
(Yang, 1977)
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Blastodacna rossica''
Sinev, 1989
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Blastodacna vinolentella''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
Former species
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Blastodacna cinnamomina''
Turati, 1930
References
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Parametriotinae
Moth genera
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