Megacraspedus separatellus (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1843)

Junnilainen, Jari, Karsholt, Ole, Nupponen, Kari, Kaitila, Jari-Pekka, Nupponen, Timo & Olschwang, Vladimir, 2010, The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) 2367, Zootaxa 2367 (1), pp. 1-68 : 12

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2367.1.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5478681

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scientific name

Megacraspedus separatellus (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1843)
status

 

Megacraspedus separatellus (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1843) View in CoL

Arkaim 14–19.VI.1996; Chalk Hills 03–07.VI.1998, 24.VI.1999, 01.VII.2003, 25.V.2004; Novoiletzk 09.VI.1998; Verbljushka 30.V–05.VI.1998. Locally common. A total of 58 exx.

Other material studied. M. separatellus : Russia, Altai mountains, 50°16–20’N 87°50–55’E, Kuraisky hrebet 2300 m, 10.VII.2001 (88♂♂, 66♀), K. Nupponen leg.

Distribution. Locally from C and S Europe to the Ural Mountains. Outside Europe in the Altai Mountains, Turkey and the Caucasus.

Remarks. Female is brachypterous. There is only a minor variation in the length and shape of forewing of females, and hindwings are always reduced. However, females considerably vary in size, which may give an impression of a variable wing length. Females were collected most commonly early in the morning, while they were active and running among grasses.

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