| Blastobasis magna | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Blastobasidae |
| Genus: | Blastobasis |
| Species: | B. magna |
| Binomial name | |
| Blastobasis magna Amsel, 1952 | |
Blastobasis magna is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found on the Channel Islands, in Italy, Portugal, Spain and on Sardinia and Sicily. [1]
The species was previously treated as a subspecies of Blastobasis roscidella . [2]
The Blastobasidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. Its species can be found almost anywhere in the world, though in some places they are not native but introduced by humans. In some arrangements, these moths are included in the case-bearer family (Coleophoridae) as subfamily Blastobasinae. The Symmocidae are sometimes included in the Blastobasidae as subfamily or tribe.
Blastobasis is the type genus of the gelechioid moth family Blastobasidae; in some arrangements these are placed in the case-bearer family (Coleophoridae) 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.
Blastobasis anthoptera is a moth of the family Blastobasidae. It is found in Australia and New Guinea.
Blastobasis homadelpha is a moth of the family Blastobasidae. It is found in Australia and Samoa.
Blastobasis leucotoxa is a moth of the family Blastobasidae. It is found in Australia.
Blastobasis monozona is a moth of the family Blastobasidae. It is found in Australia.
Blastobasis nephelias is a moth of the family Blastobasidae. It is found in Australia.
Blastobasis quaintancella is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in the eastern United States, including Maine and Florida.
Blastobasis repartella is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in the United States, including Colorado, Maine, South Dakota and Illinois.
Blastobasis indigesta is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in Zimbabwe.
Blastobasis centralasiae is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in Central Asia and the southern part of European Russia.
Blastobasis decolorella is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found on Madeira and in Portugal. Records from England and possibly also the Netherlands are based on misidentifications of Blastobasis lacticolella.
Blastobasis desertarum is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found on Madeira and the Azores. The species was recorded from greenhouses in Berlin in 2005, where it was incidentally introduced.
Blastobasis insularis is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found on the Canary Islands and Madeira.
Blastobasis maroccanella is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found on the Azores, Madeira and in Portugal, Spain and Morocco. It was recently reported from California in the United States.
Blastobasis confectella is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in the United States, including Texas.
Blastobasis nothrotes is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in the United States, including Arizona and California.
Blastobasis retectella is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in the United States, including Texas, Florida and Maine.
Blastobasis orladelaneae is a moth in the family Blastobasidae that is endemic to New Caledonia.
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