Mesophleps Explained

Mesophleps is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1825.

Species

albilinella species group
- Mesophleps albilinella
- Mesophleps aspina
- Mesophleps coffeae
- Mesophleps nairobiensis
- Mesophleps parvella
geodes species group
- Mesophleps catericta
- Mesophleps geodes
gigantella species group
- Mesophleps gigantella
palpigera species group
- Mesophleps acutunca
- Mesophleps adustipennis
- Mesophleps bifidella
- Mesophleps corsicella
- Mesophleps crocina
- Mesophleps epiochra
- Mesophleps ioloncha
- Mesophleps oxycedrella
- Mesophleps palpigera
- Mesophleps safranella
- Mesophleps silacella
- Mesophleps sublutiana
- Mesophleps tabellata
tephrastis species group
- Mesophleps apentheta
- Mesophleps argonota
- Mesophleps chloranthes
- Mesophleps cycnobathra
- Mesophleps macrosemus
- Mesophleps meliphanes
- Mesophleps mylicotis
- Mesophleps ochroloma
- Mesophleps tephrastis
- Mesophleps tetrachroa
- Mesophleps trichombra
trinotella species group
truncatella species group
- Mesophleps truncatella
- Mesophleps undulatella

Associated species

The following species were described in Mesophleps or at one time associated with it or one of its generic synonyms:

Agonochaetia impunctella (Caradja, 1920)
Anarsia centrospila Turner, 1919
Aponoea obtusipalpis Walsingham, 1905
Dichomeris aprica (Meyrick, 1913)
Dichomeris sciritis (Meyrick, 1918)
Megacraspedus arnaldi (Turati & Krüger, 1930)
Nothris mesophracta Turner, 1919
Pycnobathra acromelas (Turner, 1919)
Sarotorna mesoleuca (Lower, 1900)

References

, 2012: A taxonomic revision of the genus Mesophleps Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa 3373: 1-82.
, 2011: Description de Mesophleps gallicelle n. sp. et première citation dHyperlais cruzae du sud de la France (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae: Anacampsini et Crambidae). Revue de l'Association Roussillonnaise d'Entomologie 20 (2): 56-58.