Blastodacna

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Superfamilia: Gelechioidea

Familia: Elachistidae
Subfamilia: Agonoxeninae
Genus: Blastodacna
Species (12): B. atra – B. bicristatella – B. cinnamomina – B. erebopis – B. hellerella – B. libanotica – B. ochrella – B. placendiella – B. putripennella – B. pyrigalla – B. sublustris – B. vinolentella

[source: Catalogue of Life: 2013 Annual Checklist, plus (4) B. ochrella – B. placendiella – B. putripennella – B. sublustris
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Name

Blastodacna Wocke, 1876

Synonyms

Sinitinea Yang, 1977

Primary references

Wocke [1876] in Heinemann, Schmett. Dtschl. u. Schweiz, 2, (Klein-Schm. 2), Heft 2, 1877, 428.

References

Sugisima, K. & S. Kawahara, 2004: Blastodacna ochrella sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Agonoxenidae) from Japan. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society Of Japan 55 (3): 217–224. Full article: [1].

Blastodacna is a genus of moths of the family Elachistidae.

Distribution

Blastodacna species are found in the Holarctic, although most species are native to the Palearctic.
Taxonomy

The genus is mostly placed in the family Elachistidae, but other authors list it as a member of the family Agonoxenidae or even assign it its own family, the Blastodacnidae.
Species

Blastodacna atra (Haworth, 1828)
Blastodacna bicristatella (Chambers, 1875)
Blastodacna curvilineella (Chambers, 1872)
Blastodacna erebopis Meyrick, 1934
Blastodacna georgiella Sinev, 1988
Blastodacna hellerella (Duponchel, 1838)
Blastodacna libanotica Diakonoff, 1939
Blastodacna lvovskyi Sinev, 1986
Blastodacna mandshurica Sinev, 1988
Blastodacna mironovi Sinev, 1989
Blastodacna ochrella Sugisima, 2004
Blastodacna pyrigalla (Yang, 1977)
Blastodacna rossica Sinev, 1989
Blastodacna vinolentella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)

Former species

Blastodacna cinnamomina Turati, 1930