Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Blastobasis Zeller, 1855
Epistetus Walsingham, 1894
Prosthesis Walsingham, [1908]
Valentinia Walsingham, 1907
Euresia Dietz, 1910
Numbers
10 named species in North America north of Mexico.
(1)Food
Some are known to feed on scale insects, coccids (
B. iceryoella.
J. Econom. Entomol.).