Blastodacna

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Blastodacna
Blastodacna atra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Elachistidae
Subfamily:	Agonoxeninae
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