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Blastodacna
''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 The Agonoxeninae are a subfamily of moths. History of classification Formerly, the subfamily only contained four named species – all in the type genus ''Agonoxena'' – if (e.g. following Nielsen ''et al.'', 1996). Such a monotypic arr .... 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 *'' Blastodacn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blastodacna
''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 The Agonoxeninae are a subfamily of moths. History of classification Formerly, the subfamily only contained four named species – all in the type genus ''Agonoxena'' – if (e.g. following Nielsen ''et al.'', 1996). Such a monotypic arr .... 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 *'' Blastodacn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blastodacna Hellerella
''Blastodacna hellerella'' is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It is found in most of Europe except the north. In the east, the range extends to the Caucasus. Description The wingspan is 10–13 mm. Adults are on wing from the May to August in one generation per year. The larvae feed on midland hawthorn (''Crataegus laevigata'') and common hawthorn (''Crataegus monogyna''). There are unconfirmed records for blackthorn ('' Prunus spinosa''), European plum ('' Prunus domestica'') and apple (''Malus ''Malus'' ( or ) is a genus of about 30–55 species of small deciduous trees or shrubs in the family Rosaceae, including the domesticated orchard apple, crab apples, wild apples, and rainberries. The genus is native to the temperate zone of th ...'' species), although there may be confusion with other species. Larvae can be found from summer to autumn in fruit and tenanted berries have a small hole. Frass is not extruded. Pupation takes place in rotten wood during the autum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blastodacna Atra
''Blastodacna atra'', the apple pith moth is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is known from most of Europe and it has been introduced to North America. Description The wingspan is 11–13 mm. The head is white. Forewings are narrow, dark fuscous; a broad white dorsal streak, sprinkled with dark fuscous from base to tornus, with broad triangular indentation at 2/5, including a black scale-tuft; from apex of this streak a slender whitish fascia to costa before apex, emitting a branch posteriorly in middle and sometimes one anteriorly below it; a black scale-tuft in disc before this. Hindwings are grey. Adults are on wing from May to September in western Europe. The larvae mine inside young shoots of apples (''Malus'' species) and can be found by looking for small heaps of frass. Occasionally there may be a small swelling and the young shoot may die off. Distribution The apple pith moth is found in most of Europe. It is an introduced species in North America, where i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blastodacna Ochrella
''Blastodacna ochrella'' is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It is found in Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ... (Hokkaido, Honshu). The length of the forewings is 5-5.8 mm. The forewings are ochreous, edged with dark brown along the costal margin and termen and with two blackish tufts of raised scales. The hindwings are grey-brownish. Adults are on wing from late May to early July., 2004: ''Blastodacna ochrella'' sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Agonoxenidae) from Japan. ''Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society Of Japan'' 55 (3): 217-224. Full article References Moths described in 2004 Blastodacna {{Elachistidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blastodacna Libanotica
''Blastodacna libanotica'' is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It is found in Anatolia and the Near East. The wingspan is 14–15 mm. The forewings have a white costal streak and a white-outlined triangular mark beyond the middle. The larvae mainly feed on ''Pyrus'' species, but have also been recorded on ''Crataegus'' species. They create gall Galls (from the Latin , 'oak-apple') or ''cecidia'' (from the Greek , anything gushing out) are a kind of swelling growth on the external tissues of plants, fungi, or animals. Plant galls are abnormal outgrowths of plant tissues, similar to be ...s in young shoots of their host plant. Several galls can be found on a single twig. Larvae can be found in the second half of summer. Larvae can be found from summer to the beginning of fall. Pupation takes place in the gall at the end of fall. References Sjaak (J.C.) Koster, Hikmet Özbek, Irfan Aslan, Twan (A.L.M.) Rutten: ''Blastodacna libanotica Diakonoff, 1939 – a pest on pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blastodacna Mironovi
''Blastodacna mironovi'' is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It is found in Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east. ...., 2004: ''Blastodacna ochrella'' sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Agonoxenidae) from Japan. ''Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society Of Japan'' 55 (3): 217-224. Full article References Moths described in 1989 Blastodacna Moths of Asia {{Elachistidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blastodacna Vinolentella
''Blastodacna vinolentella'' is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It is found in central and southern Europe, from the Netherlands to Greece. The wingspan is 9–12 mm. Adults are on wing from the beginning of June to the beginning of August. The larvae possibly feed on ''Vitis vinifera ''Vitis vinifera'', the common grape vine, is a species of flowering plant, native to the Mediterranean region, Central Europe, and southwestern Asia, from Morocco and Portugal north to southern Germany and east to northern Iran. There are curre ...''. References External linksLepiforum e. V. Moths described in 1838 Blastodacna Moths of Europe {{Elachistidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blastodacna Erebopis
''Blastodacna erebopis'' is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It is found on Java Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's List .... The larvae feed on '' Terminalia edulis''. References Moths described in 1934 Blastodacna Moths of Indonesia Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Elachistidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blastodacna Pyrigalla
''Blastodacna pyrigalla'', the pear shoot gall moth or pear fruit borer, is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Yang in 1977. It is found in Korea and China. The larvae feed within galls on ''Prunus persica ''Prunus'' is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes (among many others) the fruits plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots, and almonds. Native to the North American temperate regions, the neotropics of South America, and the paleo ...''. References Moths described in 1977 Blastodacna {{Elachistidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blastodacna Lvovskyi
''Blastodacna lvovskyi'' is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It is found in Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...., 2004: ''Blastodacna ochrella'' sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Agonoxenidae) from Japan. ''Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society Of Japan'' 55 (3): 217-224. Full article References Moths described in 1986 Blastodacna Moths of Asia {{Elachistidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blastodacna Mandshurica
''Blastodacna mandshurica'' is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It is found in Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...., 2004: ''Blastodacna ochrella'' sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Agonoxenidae) from Japan. ''Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society Of Japan'' 55 (3): 217-224. Full article References Moths described in 1988 Blastodacna Moths of Asia {{Elachistidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blastodacna Rossica
''Blastodacna rossica'' is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It is found on the Crimea and in the western part of Transcaucasia and central Asia. The wingspan is 9–13 mm. Adults are on wing from the end of May to August in Europe and from April to May in central Asia. There is one generation per year. The larvae feed on ''Malus ''Malus'' ( or ) is a genus of about 30–55 species of small deciduous trees or shrubs in the family Rosaceae, including the domesticated orchard apple, crab apples, wild apples, and rainberries. The genus is native to the temperate zone of th ...'' species and possibly also on '' Pyrus communis''. They bore in young twigs of their host plant. Larvae can be found in the second half of summer. They overwinter and pupate in spring of the following year. References Moths described in 1989 Blastodacna Moths of Europe {{Elachistidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |