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Family	Blastobasidae
Sub Family
Description	a family of 'micro-moths'
Background to Family	Four species with very broad diets, feeding on a wide range of living or dead plant material, and also dead insects. All the species were accidentally introduced, with two establishing widely in Britain, but none is a pest.

No. taxa in DBIF	4
No. interactions	38
% interactions with British data	87%
No. records	45
% taxa with British data	100%
Notes	Old data currently unassessed by a specialist for changes in nomenclature, errors in original sources, and misspellings. New material updated from Emmet, A.M., Ed. (2002) The moths and butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland (Vol 4, part 1), Harley Books.; ;
Notes on Sources	(49%) In ed. Emmet, A.M. (2002) The moths and butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland (Vol 4, part 1) 1-326.; (29%) Easterbrook, M.A.(1985) Entomologist's Gaz. 36:3 167-172:171; (18%) In ed. Emmet, A.M. (1979) A field guide to the smaller British Lepidoptera 1-271:133
Most recent source	2002

Below is a list of all sources for this family / sub-family contained within DBIF. Click on source name for a list of all records for this source.


Source	In ed. Emmet, A.M. (2002) The moths and butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland (Vol 4, part 1) 1-326:199
Source	In ed. Emmet, A.M. (2002) The moths and butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland (Vol 4, part 1) 1-326:201
Source	Easterbrook, M.A.(1985) Entomologist's Gaz. 36:3 167-172:171
Source	Alford, D.V.(1980) Pl. Path. 29 145-146:145
Source	In ed. Emmet, A.M. (2002) The moths and butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland (Vol 4, part 1) 1-326:200
Source	Redfern, M. & Cameron, R.A.D.(1978) Ecol. Entomol. 3 251-263:256
Source	In ed. Emmet, A.M. (1979) A field guide to the smaller British Lepidoptera 1-271:133

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