Larvae of an unidentified genus of moth in the family
Blastobasidae were found once on pollen cones of a species of Zamia in the Greater Antilles (Terry et al.
No Brasil, os endofagos de capitulos de asteraceas pertencem, principalmente, a tres familias de dipteros (Tephritidae, Cecidomyiidae e Agromyzidae) e quatro de microlepidopteros (Tortricidae, Pterophoridae,
Blastobasidae, Pyralidae, Gelechiidae), totalizando mais de 120 especies (LEWINSOHN, 1988; 1991).
Halbert (Psyllidae), all at the Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; Don Davis (Gracillaridae and Yponomeutidae), Department of Entomology, Smithsonian Institute; David Adamski (
Blastobasidae), USNM, CIO Department of Entomology, Smithsonian Institute; Ray Gagne (Cecidomyiidae), Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Agriculture Research Service, US Department of Agriculture.