Megacraspedus

Megacraspedus
Megacraspedus binotella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Subfamily:	Anomologinae
Genus:	Megacraspedus Zeller, 1839
Synonyms
Neda Chambers, 1874 (preocc Mulsant, 1850) Autoneda Busck, 1903 Toxoceras Chrétien, 1915 Chilopselaphus Mann, 1867 Toxidoceras Chrétien, 1923 Cauloecista Dumont, 1928

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

Species

The following species belong to the genus Megacraspedus:

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Questionable and former species

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

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

• 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:

• 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

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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: .