BLASTODACNIDAE of Australia
GELECHIOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley

(updated 23 January 2008)

This family is often considered to be a subfamily of AGONOXENIDAE but here, following Nielsen, Edwards and Rangsi, it is treated as a separate family. The 19 named Australian species in BLASTODACNIDAE are:

  • Chrysoclista monotyla

  • Lithocolletis agrapha

  • Microcolona arizela
    Microcolona characta
  • Microcolona crypsicasis
  • Microcolona embolopis
  • Microcolona epixutha
  • Microcolona leptopis
  • Microcolona leucochtha
  • Microcolona nodata
  • Microcolona polygethes
  • Microcolona ponophora
  • Microcolona sollennis
  • Microcolona spaniospila
  • Microcolona thymopis
  • Microcolona trigonospila

  • Zaratha crotolitha
  • Zaratha trisecta

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