Blastobasis byrsodepta Meyrick, 1913

FAMILY	Blastobasidae
SUBFAMILY	Blastobasinae
GENUS	Blastobasis
SPECIES	byrsodepta
AUTHOR	Meyrick, 1913
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Blastobasis byrsodepta, n. sp.
TYPE LOCALITY	[South Africa, Mpumalanga], Barberton, 31.xii.1910, leg. A. J. T. Janse.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	Latitude: -25°47'9" Longitude: 31°22'12"
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Lectotype ♀, genitalia slide D. Adamski 4630, designated by D. Adamski et al. (2010: 39), TMSA; Paralectotypes 2♀, genitalia slides D. Adamski 4631♀, BMNH 30239♀, TMSA, BMNH.
STATUS	Species
PUBLICATION	Meyrick E. 1913b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. IV - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 3(4):267–336.
PAGINATION	314

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Equateur	Ghesquière J. 1940a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (première partie). - Annales du Musée du Congo belge, Zoologie [3, Arthropodes] section 2, Catalogues raisonnés Sér. III (II) 7(1):1–120, pls i–v.	68
Sierra Leone		Sinev S. Yu. 2004. Agonoxenidae, Batrachedridae, Blastobasidae, Chrysopeleiidae, Cosmopterigidae, and Stathmopodidae (Lepidotera: Gelechioidea). – In: Mey, Z. (Ed.) The Lepidoptera of the Brandberg Massif in Namibia. - Esperiana Memoir 1:107–130.	116
South Africa		Meyrick E. 1913b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. IV - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 3(4):267–336.	314

Host Plants

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Moraceae	Ficus sp.	Congo, DR	Ghesquière J. 1942a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (deuxième partie). - Annales du Musée du Congo belge, Zoologie [3, Arthropodes] section 2, Catalogues raisonnés (3) 7:121–240.	166

* Records by Hargreaves (1930), Ghesquière (1940a: 68) and Sinev (2004: 116) are probably erroneous (see Adamski et al. 2010: 39).