| Blastodacna | |
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| Blastodacna atra | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Elachistidae (disputed) |
| Subfamily: | Parametriotinae |
| Genus: | Blastodacna Wocke, 1876 |
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Blastodacna is a genus of moths of the Elachistidae family.
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Blastodacna species are found in the Holarctic, although most species are native to the Palearctic.
The genus is mostly placed in the Elachistidae family, but other authors list it as a member of the Agonoxenidae family or even assign it it’s own family, the Blastodacnidae.