Blastodacna

Blastodacna
Blastodacna atra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Elachistidae (disputed)
Subfamily:	Parametriotinae
Genus:	Blastodacna Wocke, 1876
Synonyms
Sinitinea Yang, 1977

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

References[]

• Data related to Blastodacna at Wikispecies
• Media related to Blastodacna at Wikimedia Commons