Blastobasis
Blastobasis is the type genus of the gelechioid moth family Blastobasidae; in some arrangements these are placed in the case-bearer family as a subfamily. Within the Blastobasidae, the subfamily Blastobasinae has been established to distinguish the Blastobasis lineage from the group around Holcocera, but the delimitation is not yet well-resolved.
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.
Species
Species of Blastobasis include:Blastobasis abollaeBlastobasis acarta Meyrick, 1911Blastobasis achaeaBlastobasis acirfa Adamski, 2010Blastobasis adustellaBlastobasis aedesBlastobasis aequivoca Meyrick, 1922Blastobasis albidella Rebel, 1928Blastobasis anachasta Meyrick, 1931Blastobasis anthopteraBlastobasis aphanes Zeller, 1877Blastobasis aphilodes Meyrick, 1918Blastobasis argillacea Walsingham, 1897Blastobasis athymopa Meyrick, 1932Blastobasis atlantella Zerny, 1935Blastobasis atmosema Meyrick, 1930Blastobasis atmozona Meyrick, 1939Blastobasis aynekiella Adamski, 2010Blastobasis babaeBlastobasis balucisBlastobasis basipectenellaBlastobasis bassii Sinev & Karsholt, 2004Blastobasis beoBlastobasis bilineatella Lucas, 1956Blastobasis bispinaellaBlastobasis bromeliae Blastobasis byrsodepta Meyrick, 1913Blastobasis caetraeBlastobasis candidata Meyrick, 1922Blastobasis catappaella Adamski, 2010Blastobasis centralasiae Sinev, 2007Blastobasis chanesBlastobasis chloroptris Meyrick, 1931Blastobasis christouBlastobasis chuka Adamski, 2010Blastobasis cineracella Amsel, 1953Blastobasis coffeaellaBlastobasis commendata Meyrick, 1922Blastobasis confamulellaBlastobasis confectellaBlastobasis controversella Zeller, 1877Blastobasis cophodes Meyrick, 1918Blastobasis crassifica Meyrick, 1916Blastobasis crypsimorpha Meyrick, 1922Blastobasis curta Meyrick, 1916Blastobasis custodisBlastobasis dapisBlastobasis deaeBlastobasis decolor Meyrick, 1907Blastobasis decolorella Wollaston, 1858Blastobasis deliciolarumBlastobasis desertarum Blastobasis determinata Meyrick, 1921Blastobasis dicionisBlastobasis divisus Blastobasis drymosa Adamski & Li, 2010Blastobasis dyssema Turner, 1918Blastobasis echusBlastobasis egens Meyrick, 1918Blastobasis elgonae Adamski, 2010Blastobasis episema Turner, 1918Blastobasis eraeBlastobasis ergastulella Zeller, 1877Blastobasis eridryas Meyrick, 1932Blastobasis evanescens Walsingham, 1901Blastobasis exclusa Blastobasis fatigata Meyrick, 1914Blastobasis faxBlastobasis floridellaBlastobasis furtivusBlastobasis fuscomaculella Ragonot, 1879Blastobasis glandulella - "acorn moth"Blastobasis glauconotata Adamski, 2010Blastobasis gracilis Walsingham, 1897Blastobasis gramineaBlastobasis grenadensis Walsingham, 1897Blastobasis helleri Rebel, 1910Blastobasis homadelphaBlastobasis huemeri Sinev, 1994Blastobasis ianellaBlastobasis inanaBlastobasis incuriosaBlastobasis inderskella Caradja, 1920Blastobasis indigesta Meyrick, 1931Blastobasis indirecta Meyrick, 1935Blastobasis industria Meyrick, 1913Blastobasis inouei Moriuti, 1987Blastobasis insularis Blastobasis intrepida Meyrick, 1911Blastobasis invigorata Blastobasis iuanaeBlastobasis kenya Adamski, 2010Blastobasis lacticolellaBlastobasis laurisilvae Sinev & Karsholt, 2004Blastobasis lavernella Walsingham, 1894Blastobasis lecaniella Busck, 1913Blastobasis legrandi Adamski, 1995Blastobasis leucogonia Zeller, 1877Blastobasis leucotoxaBlastobasis leucozyga Meyrick, 1936Blastobasis lexBlastobasis litisBlastobasis lososiBlastobasis luteella Sinev & Karsholt, 2004Blastobasis lutiflua Meyrick, 1922Blastobasis lygdiBlastobasis magna Amsel, 1952Blastobasis mantoBlastobasis marmorosella Blastobasis maroccanella Amsel, 1952Blastobasis millicentae Adamski, 2010Blastobasis mnemosynella Millière, 1876Blastobasis moffettiBlastobasis molindaBlastobasis monozonaBlastobasis mpala Adamski, 2010Blastobasis murcyaeBlastobasis neniaeBlastobasis neozona Meyrick, 1918Blastobasis nepheliasBlastobasis nephelophaea Meyrick, 1931Blastobasis neptes Blastobasis nigromaculata Blastobasis nivisBlastobasis normalisBlastobasis nothrotesBlastobasis ochreopalpella Blastobasis ochrobathraBlastobasis ochromorphaBlastobasis orithyiaBlastobasis orladelaneaeBlastobasis pacalis Meyrick, 1922Blastobasis pallescensBlastobasis paludisBlastobasis pannonica Sumpich & Liska, 2011Blastobasis parki Sinev, 1986Blastobasis pentastictaBlastobasis phaedraBlastobasis phaeopastaBlastobasis phycidella Blastobasis pica Blastobasis ponticella Sinev, 2007Blastobasis proagorella Zeller, 1877Blastobasis pulchellaBlastobasis quaintancellaBlastobasis rebeli Sinev & Karsholt, 2004Blastobasis repartellaBlastobasis retectellaBlastobasis rosmarinella Walsingham, 1901Blastobasis rotaeBlastobasis rotullaeBlastobasis rubiginosella Rebel, 1896Blastobasis salebrosella Rebel, 1940Blastobasis sardinica Sumpich, 2012Blastobasis sciota Bradley, 1961Blastobasis scotiaBlastobasis semilutea Meyrick, 1916Blastobasis serradaguae Sinev & Karsholt, 2004Blastobasis sinica Adamski & Li, 2010Blastobasis spectabilella Rebel, 1940Blastobasis spermologaBlastobasis spiniella Park, 2000Blastobasis splendens Sinev & Karsholt, 2004Blastobasis sprotundalis Park, 1984Blastobasis subdivisus Sinev & Karsholt, 2004Blastobasis subolivacea Walsingham, 1897Blastobasis suppletella Zeller, 1877Blastobasis syrmatodes Meyrick, 1922Blastobasis tabernatella Blastobasis tanypteraBlastobasis tapetaeBlastobasis tarachodes Blastobasis tardaBlastobasis taricheuta Meyrick, 1909Blastobasis taurusella Adamski, 2004Blastobasis thyoneBlastobasis trachelista Meyrick, 1921Blastobasis transcriptaBlastobasis triangularis Walsingham, 1897Blastobasis tridigitellaBlastobasis usuraeBlastobasis velutina Walsingham, 1908Blastobasis vestaBlastobasis virgatella Sinev & Karsholt, 2004Blastobasis vittataBlastobasis walsinghami Sinev & Karsholt, 2004Blastobasis wolffi Sinev & Karsholt, 2004Blastobasis wollastoni Sinev & Karsholt, 2004Blastobasis xiphiae