Megacraspedus Explained

Megacraspedus is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae, found primarily in the Palearctic.

Species

The following species belong to the genus Megacraspedus:

• Megacraspedus albella (Amsel, 1935)
• Megacraspedus albovenata Junnilainen, 2010

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• Megacraspedus alfacarellus Wehrli, 1926

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• Megacraspedus andreneli Varenne & Nel, 2014

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• Megacraspedus argyroneurellus Staudinger, 1871

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• Megacraspedus armatophallus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus attritellus Staudinger, 1871

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• Megacraspedus balneariellus (Chrétien, 1907)

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• Megacraspedus barcodiellus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus bengtssoni Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus bidentatus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus bilineatella Huemer & Karsholt, 1996

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• Megacraspedus binotella (Duponchel, 1843)

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• Megacraspedus brachypteris Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus cerussatellus Rebel, 1930

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• Megacraspedus coleophorodes (Li & Zheng, 1995)
• Megacraspedus consortiella Caradja, 1920

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• Megacraspedus cuencellus Caradja, 1920

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• Megacraspedus dejectella (Staudinger, 1859)

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• Megacraspedus devorator Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus dolosellus (Zeller, 1839)

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• Megacraspedus eburnellus Huemer & Karsholt, 2001

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• Megacraspedus ethicodes (Meyrick, 1920)
• Megacraspedus fallax (Mann, 1867)

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• Megacraspedus faunierensis Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus feminensis Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus fuscus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus gallicus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus gibeauxi Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus glaberipalpus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus golestanicus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus granadensis Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus gredosensis Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus grisea (Filipjev, 1931)
• Megacraspedus heckfordi Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus homochroa Le Cerf, 1932

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• Megacraspedus ibericus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus imparellus (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1843)

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• Megacraspedus junnilaineni Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus kazakhstanicus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus kirgizicus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus knudlarseni Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus korabicus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus lagopellus Herrich-Schäffer, 1860

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• Megacraspedus lanceolellus (Zeller, 1850)

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• Megacraspedus laseni Timossi & Huemer, 2021^[1]
• Megacraspedus latiuncus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus lativalvellus Amsel, 1954

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• Megacraspedus leuca (Filipjev, 1929)
• Megacraspedus libycus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus litovalvellus Junnilainen, 2010

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• Megacraspedus longipalpella Junnilainen, 2010

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• Megacraspedus longivalvellus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus macrocanellus Lucas, 1932
• Megacraspedus majorella Caradja, 1920

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• Megacraspedus monolorellus Rebel, 1905

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• Megacraspedus multipunctellus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus multispinella Junnilainen & Nupponen, 2010

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• Megacraspedus neli Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus niphorrhoa (Meyrick, 1926)

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• Megacraspedus numidellus (Chrétien, 1915)
• Megacraspedus nupponeni Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus occidentellus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus orenburgensis Junnilainen & Nupponen, 2010

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• Megacraspedus pacificus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus pentheres Walsingham, 1920

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• Megacraspedus peslieri Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus peyerimhoffi Le Cerf, 1925

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• Megacraspedus podolicus (Toll, 1942)
• Megacraspedus pototskii Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus pusillus Walsingham, 1903

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• Megacraspedus quadristictus Lhomme, 1946
• Megacraspedus ribbeella (Caradja, 1920)
• Megacraspedus serica Meyrick, 1909

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• Megacraspedus similellus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus skoui Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus skulei Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus spinophallus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus squalida Meyrick, 1926

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• Megacraspedus steineri Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus sumpichi Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus tabelli Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus tenuignathos Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus tenuiuncus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus teriolensis Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus tokari Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus trineae Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
• Megacraspedus tristictus Walsingham, 1910

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• Megacraspedus uzunsyrtus Bidzilya & Budashkin, 2015

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• Megacraspedus violacellum (Chrétien, 1915)

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Questionable and former species

These Australian species are likely members of the genus group Pycnobathra Lower, 1901, and not part of Megacraspedus.

• Megacraspedus achroa Lower, 1901

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• Megacraspedus aenictodes Turner, 1919

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• Megacraspedus aphileta Meyrick, 1904

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• Megacraspedus argonota (Lower, 1901)
• Megacraspedus astemphella Meyrick, 1904

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• Megacraspedus centrosema Meyrick, 1904

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• Megacraspedus chalcoscia Meyrick, 1904

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• Megacraspedus coniodes Meyrick, 1904

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• Megacraspedus euxena Meyrick, 1904

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• Megacraspedus hoplitis Meyrick, 1904

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• Megacraspedus inficeta Meyrick, 1904

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• Megacraspedus ischnota Meyrick, 1904

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• Megacraspedus isotis Meyrick, 1904

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• Megacraspedus melitopis Meyrick, 1904

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• Megacraspedus niphodes (Lower, 1897)

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• Megacraspedus oxyphanes Meyrick, 1904

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• Megacraspedus pityritis Meyrick, 1904

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• Megacraspedus platyleuca Meyrick, 1904

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• Megacraspedus popularis Meyrick, 1904

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• Megacraspedus sagittifera (Lower, 1900)

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• Megacraspedus sclerotricha Meyrick, 1904

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• Megacraspedus sematacma Meyrick, 1921

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• Megacraspedus stratimera (Lower, 1897)

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In addition, these accepted species probably do not belong in Megacraspedus:

• Megacraspedus calamogonus Meyrick, 1886

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• Megacraspedus exilis Walsingham, 1909

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• Megacraspedus plutella (Chambers, 1874)

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These species have been determined to be synonyms of other species:

• 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, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

References

• , 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.
• , 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].
• ; ; 2009: Checklist of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) in America North of Mexico. Zootaxa, 2231: 1-39. Abstract & excerpt
• , 1982: Megacraspedus kaszabianus sp. n. aus der Mongolei (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae). Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici 74: 193-202. Full article: http://publication.nhmus.hu/pdf/annHNHM/Annals_HNHM_1982_Vol_74_193.pdf.

Notes and References

1. Timossi. Giovanni. Huemer. Peter. 2021-02-16. Megacraspedus laseni sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) from the Dolomites of north-eastern Italy. Zootaxa. en. 4927. 4. 559–566. 10.11646/zootaxa.4927.4.6. 33756692 . 232339956 . 1175-5334.