Blastobasis

Blastobasis is the type genus of the gelechioid moth family Blastobasidae; in some arrangements these are placed in the case-bearer family (Coleophoridae) as a subfamily. Within the Blastobasidae, the subfamily Blastobasinae (or tribe Blastobasini, if united with the concealer moths) has been established to distinguish the Blastobasis lineage from the group around Holcocera, but the delimitation is not yet well-resolved.[2]

Blastobasis
Resting adult of B. lacticolella from Lincolnshire (UK)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Blastobasidae
Genus:	Blastobasis Zeller, 1855
Type species
Oecophora phycidella Zeller, 1839
Species
Numerous, see text
Synonyms
[1] Epistetus Walsingham, 1894 Ploeophora Walsingham & Durrant, 1909 (unjustified emendation) Ploiophora W.G.Dietz, 1900 Prosthesis Walsingham, 1908 Xenodochium T.B. Fletcher, 1929 Euresia Dietz, 1910 Zenodochium Walsingham, 1908 (disputed)

The monophyly 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 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 are sometimes included here but considered distinct by other authors.[3]

Species

Species of Blastobasis include:[4]

Blastobasis abollae Blastobasis acarta Meyrick, 1911 Blastobasis achaea Blastobasis acirfa Adamski, 2010 Blastobasis adustella 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 – "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 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 (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

1. Wikispecies (2008-MAY-02)
2. Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), ToL (2008), and see references in Savela (2001)
3. AEBR (2008), Wikispecies (2008-MAY-02), FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2001)
4. FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2001)

References

• Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) (2008): Australian Faunal Directory – Blastobasis. Version of 2008-OCT-09. Retrieved 2010-APR-28.
• Fauna Europaea (FE) (2009): Blastobasis. Version 2.1, 2009-DEC-22. Retrieved 2010-APR-28.
• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Blastobasis. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2010-APR-28.
• Savela, Markku (2001): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Blastobasis. Version of 2001-NOV-07. Retrieved 2010-APR-28.
• Tree of Life Web Project (ToL) (2008): Coleophoridae. Version of 2008-MAY-01. Retrieved 2010-APR-28.
• Adamski, D., 2013: Review of the Blastobasinae of Costa Rica (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Blastobasidae). Zootaxa 3618 (1): 1-223. Review and full article: doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3618.1.1
• Adamski, D. & R.L. Brown, 2002: New species of Blastobasis Zeller from New Caledonia and Fiji (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Coleophoridae: Blastobasinae). Insecta Koreana 19 (2): 137-145.
• Adamski, D. & H.H. Li, 2010: Three new species of Blastobasinae moths from Beijing, China (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Coleophoridae). Shilap Revista de Lepidopterologica 38 (151): 341-351.
• Adamski, D. ; R.S. Copeland ; S.E. Miller ; P.D.N. Hebert ; K. Darrow & Q. Luke, 2010: A review of African Blastobasinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Coleophoridae), with new taxa reared from native fruits in Kenya. Smithsonian contributions to Zoology 630: 1-68. Full article: .
• Karsholt, O. & S.Yu. Sinev, 2004: Contribution of the Lepidoptera fauna of the Madeira Islands. Part 4. Blastobasidae. Beiträge zur Entomologie 54 (2): 387-463.