Megacraspedus

Megacraspedus is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae, found primarily in the Palearctic.^[2]

Species

The following species belong to the genus Megacraspedus:^[3][2]

Data sources: i = ITIS,^[5] c = Catalogue of Life,^[6] g = GBIF,^[3] b = Bugguide.net^[7]

Questionable and former species

These Australian species are likely members of the genus group Pycnobathra Lower, 1901, and not part of Megacraspedus.^[2][8]

In addition, these accepted species probably do not belong in Megacraspedus:^[2]

• Megacraspedus calamogonus Meyrick, 1886 ^{c g} - New Zealand
• Megacraspedus exilis Walsingham, 1909 ^{c g} - Mexico
• Megacraspedus plutella (Chambers, 1874) ^{c g b} - North America

These species have been determined to be synonyms of other species:^[2]

• Megacraspedus arnaldi (Turati & Krüger, 1936) - synonym of M. violacellum (Chrétien, 1915)
• Megacraspedus culminicola Le Cerf, 1932 - synonym of M. homochroa Le Cerf, 1932
• Megacraspedus escalerellus Schmidt, 1941 - synonym of M. squalida Meyrick, 1926
• Megacraspedus grossisquammellus Chrétien, 1925 - synonym of M. lanceolellus (Zeller, 1850)
• Megacraspedus hessleriellus Rössler, 1866 - synonym of M. lanceolellus (Zeller, 1850)
• Megacraspedus incertellus Rebel, 1930 - synonym of M. dolosellus (Zeller, 1839)
• Megacraspedus kaszabianus Povolný, 1982 - synonym of M. leuca (Filipjev, 1929)
• Megacraspedus mareotidellus Turati, 1924 - synonym of M. numidellus (Chrétien, 1915)
• Megacraspedus neurophanes (Meyrick, 1926) - synonym of M. fallax (Mann, 1867)
• Megacraspedus separatellus (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1843) - synonym of M. dolosellus (Zeller, 1839)
• Megacraspedus subdolellus Staudinger, 1859 - synonym of M. lanceolellus (Zeller, 1850)
• Megacraspedus tutti Walsingham, 1887 - synonym of M. lanceolellus (Zeller, 1850)

Data sources: i = ITIS,^[5] c = Catalogue of Life,^[6] g = GBIF,^[3] b = Bugguide.net^[7]

References

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• Huemer, P. & O. Karsholt, 2001: Megacraspedus eburnellus sp. nov. and M. dolosellus (Zeller, 1839), a case of confusion in alpine lepidopterology (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 111 (8): 238-242.
• Junnilainen, J. & K. Nupponen, 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part I: descriptions of seventeen new species (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa 2366: 1-34. Abstract: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02366p034f.pdf].
• Lee, S.; Hodges, R.W.; Brown, R.L. 2009: Checklist of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) in America North of Mexico. Zootaxa, 2231: 1-39. Abstract & excerpt
• Povolný, D., 1982: Megacraspedus kaszabianus sp. n. aus der Mongolei (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae). Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici 74: 193-202. Full article: [1].