Megacraspedus arnaldi (Turati & Krüger, 1930) Li & Sattler, 2012

Li, Houhun & Sattler, Klaus, 2012, A taxonomic revision of the genus Mesophleps Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) 3373, Zootaxa 3373, pp. 1-82 : 56

publication ID

1175­5334

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scientific name

Megacraspedus arnaldi (Turati & Krüger, 1930)
status

comb. nov.

Megacraspedus arnaldi (Turati & Krüger, 1930) View in CoL comb. nov. ( Anomologinae )

Mesophleps arnaldi Turati & Krüger, 1936 View in CoL , Memorie Soc. ent. ital. 15: 76, pl. 11, fig. 27. LECTOTYPE ♂, LIBYA: Cyrenaica , Az Zuwaytīnah (‘Zuetina’), 20.ix.1934 (Krüger) (BMNH), here designated [examined].

Remarks. M. arnaldi was described from two specimens (sex not specified) collected by Krüger at Zuetina on 20 September 1934. Only a badly damaged male without abdomen is preserved and is here designated as the lectotype. M. arnaldi is probably a synonym of Megacraspedus violacellum (Chrétien, 1915) . Biology. Host-plant unknown. Distribution. Libya. Material examined (1 ♂ without abdomen) Libya: 1 ♂, lectotype (as above).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Gelechiidae

Genus

Megacraspedus

Loc

Megacraspedus arnaldi (Turati & Krüger, 1930)

Li, Houhun & Sattler, Klaus 2012
2012
Loc

Mesophleps arnaldi Turati & Krüger, 1936

Turati & Kruger 1936
1936
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