Neoblastobasis Kuznetzov & Sinev, 1985

Chen, Fuqiang, Huang, Dunyuan & Wu, Chunsheng, 2013, Camellia fruit borer, Neoblastobasis camelliae, a new species of Blastobasinae in China (Lepidoptera, Blastobasidae), Zootaxa 3682 (4), pp. 556-562 : 557

Neoblastobasis Kuznetzov & Sinev, 1985

The genus Neoblastobasis contains eight described species which are found only in the Old World (Adamski et al. 2010). It is allied to Blastobasis , but distinguished by having a large spine-like projection arising from the base of the lower part of the valva, while in Blastobasis the projection is absent or distinctly shorter than half the length of valva (Kuznetzov & Sinev 1985; Adamski et al. 2010). Blastobasis murcyae Adamski & Brown, 2002 , described from New Caledonia, and B. ianella Adamski, 2003 from Thailand, which have a similar large spine-like projection from the lower part of valva, are hereby transferred to Neoblastobasis as N. murcyae ( Adamski & Brown, 2002) and N. ianella (Adamski, 2003) (new combinations).