Family BLASTOBASIDAE

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March 2012 - You Ning Su, with advice from Ted Edwards, Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Canberra

Introduction

[After Edwards in Nielsen et al. (1996: 100)].
This is a small family with few Australian species. The Australian species were revised by Meyrick (1902c) and reviewed by Turner (1947b). Common (1990) gave a useful outline of the family. All Australian species are currently placed in Blastobasis Zeller but any revision of the group will change this. Adamski and Brown (1989) published a reivison of North American species which may serve as a basis for an examination of the Australian species. The biology of few species is known but it appears they may be scavengers or detritus feeders.

General References

Adamski, D. & Brown, R.L. 1989. Morphology and systematics of North American Blastobasidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea). Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experimental Station Technical Bulletin 165: 1-70

Common, I.F.B. 1990. Moths of Australia. Carlton : Melbourne University Press vi+535 pp., 32 pls.

Edwards, E.D. 1996. Blastobasidae. p. 100 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM.

Meyrick, E. 1902. Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera (Oecophoridae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 26: 133-174

Turner, A.J. 1947. Contributions to our knowledge of Australian Microlepidoptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 57: 65-74

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Genus Blastobasis Zeller, 1855

Blastobasis Zeller, P.C. 1855. Nachtrag zu den im 9. Bande der Linnea Ent. beschriebenen Arten des Genus Cryptolechia. Linnaea Entomologica 10: 145-168 [171].
Type species:
Oecophora phycidella Zeller, 1839 by subsequent designation, see Walsingham, Lord 1897. Revision of the West-Indian Micro-Lepidoptera with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1897: 54-183 [91].
Epistetus Walsingham, Lord 1894. Catalogue of the Pterophoridae, Tortricidae, and Tineidae of the Madeira Islands, with notes and descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1894: 535-555 [552].
Valentinia Walsingham, Lord 1907. Descriptions of new North American tineid moths, with a generic table of the family Blastobasidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 33: 197-228 [200].
Type species:
Gelechia glandulella Riley by original designation.
Agnoea Walsingham, Lord 1907. Descriptions of new North American tineid moths, with a generic table of the family Blastobasidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 33: 197-228 [200].
Prosthesis Walsingham, Lord 1908. Microlepidoptera of Tenerife. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1907: 911-1034 [953].
Zenodochium Walsingham, Lord 1908. Spanish and Moorish Microlepidoptera [continuation]. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 44: 52-55, 226-229 [52].
Euresia Dietz, Wm. G. 1910. Revision of the Blastocidae of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 36: 1-72 [20].
Xenodochium Fletcher, T.B. 1929. A list of generic names used for Microlepidoptera. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture, India Ent. 11: 1-244 [240] [emend.].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

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Species Blastobasis anthoptera Lower, 1907

Blastobasis anthoptera Lower, O.B. 1907. New species and genera of Australian Lepidoptera. No. XXIII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 31: 114-118 [118].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA ♂, QLD, Townsville.

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Species Blastobasis celaenephes Turner, 1947

Blastobasis celaenephes Turner, A.J. 1947. Contributions to our knowledge of Australian Microlepidoptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 57: 65-74 [69].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂, QLD, McPherson Range.

Introduction

Also treated as unplaced in subfamily Cosmopteriginae

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

McPherson Range, QLD

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

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Species Blastobasis homadelpha Meyrick, 1902

Blastobasis homadelpha Meyrick, E. 1902. Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera (Oecophoridae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 26: 133-174 [171].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH.

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Species Blastobasis incuriosa Meyrick, 1916

Blastobasis incuriosa Meyrick, E. 1916. Exotic Microlepidoptera. Vol. 1(16-20): 481-640. [597].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂, NSW, Sydney.

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Species Blastobasis leucotoxa Meyrick, 1902

Blastobasis leucotoxa Meyrick, E. 1902. Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera (Oecophoridae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 26: 133-174 [171].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH.

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Species Blastobasis marmorosella Wollaston, 1858

Oecophora marmorosella Wollaston, T.V. 1858. Brief diagnostic characters of undescribed Madeiran insects. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 1: 18-28, 113-125 [121] [intro. accident].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♀, Madeira.
Subsequent designation references:
Karsholt, O & Sinev, S.Y. 2004. Contribution to the Lepidoptera fauna of the Madeira Islands. Part 4. Blastobasidae. Beiträge zur Entomologie (Berlin) 54 2: 387-463 [419].
Blastobasis sarcophaga Meyrick, E. 1902. Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera (Oecophoridae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 26: 133-174 [169].

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Species Blastobasis monozona Lower, 1907

Blastobasis monozona Lower, O.B. 1907. New species and genera of Australian Lepidoptera. No. XXIII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 31: 114-118 [118].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA ♂, North QLD.

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Species Blastobasis nephelias Meyrick, 1902

Blastobasis nephelias Meyrick, E. 1902. Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera (Oecophoridae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 26: 133-174 [170].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH.

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Species Blastobasis pallescens Turner, 1947

Blastobasis pallescens Turner, A.J. 1947. Contributions to our knowledge of Australian Microlepidoptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 57: 65-74 [68].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ANIC.

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Species Blastobasis pentasticta Turner, 1947

Blastobasis pentasticta Turner, A.J. 1947. Contributions to our knowledge of Australian Microlepidoptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 57: 65-74 [70].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂, NSW, Sydney.

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Species Blastobasis phaeopasta Turner, 1947

Blastobasis phaeopasta Turner, A.J. 1947. Contributions to our knowledge of Australian Microlepidoptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 57: 65-74 [70].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂, North QLD, Mackay.

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Species Blastobasis scotia Turner, 1947

Blastobasis scotia Turner, A.J. 1947. Contributions to our knowledge of Australian Microlepidoptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 57: 65-74 [68].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ANIC.

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Species Blastobasis tanyptera Turner, 1947

Blastobasis tanyptera Turner, A.J. 1947. Contributions to our knowledge of Australian Microlepidoptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 57: 65-74 [68].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ANIC.

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Species Blastobasis tarda Meyrick, 1902

Blastobasis tarda Meyrick, E. 1902. Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera (Oecophoridae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 26: 133-174 [170].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH.

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