Megacraspedus Zeller, 1839

Bidzilya, Oleksiy V. & Budashkin, Yury I., 2015, New species of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) from Ukraine, Zootaxa 3974 (2), pp. 217-230 : 220-221

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3974.2.6
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5657659
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scientific name	Megacraspedus Zeller, 1839
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Type-species: Ypsolophus (Megacraspedus) dolosellus Zeller, 1839 ; by subsequent designation.

Megacraspedus is defined by the following putative synapomorphies: reduced sacculus in the male genitalia and strongly sclerotized subostial area and very long apophyses posteriores in the female genitalia. In addition, segment 2 of the labial palpus is usually very long and straight with a dense brush of long hair, and the forewing is often elongate with longitudinal stripes. These features separate Megacraspedus from the related Aristotelia Hübner , [1825] and Caulastrocecis Chrétien, 1931 .

More than 40 species of Megacraspedus are known from the Palearctic region ( Rebel 1901, Gaede 1937, Huemer & Karsholt 2001, Junnilainen & Nupponen 2010); two from the Nearctic region ( Lee et al. 2009); 23 from Australia (Edwards 1996); and one from New Zealand. The taxonomic status of two species recorded from the Afrotropical region ( Meyrick 1920, Vári et al. 2002) require verification. Larvae feed on Poaceae and probably on Asteraceae .

References

Gaede, M. (1937) Gelechiidae. In: Bryk, F. (Ed.), Lepidopterorum Catalogus, 79, 1 - 630.

Huemer, P. & Karsholt, O. (2001) Megacraspedus eburnellus sp. nov. and M. dolosellus (Zeller, 1839), a case of confusion in alpine lepidopterology (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift, 111, 238 - 242.

Junnilainen, J. & Nupponen, K. (2010) The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part I: description of seventeen new species (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 2366, 1 - 34.

Lee, S., Hodges, R. W. & Brown, R. L. (2009). Checklist of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) in America North of Mexico. Zootaxa, 2231, 1 - 39.

Meyrick, E. (1920) Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (1911 - 1912). Resultats Scientifiques. Insectes Lepidopteres II. Microlepidoptera, 1920, 35 - 120.

Rebel, H. (1901) Famil. Pyralidae-Micropterygidae. In: Staudinger, O. & Rebel, H. (Eds.), Catalog der Lepidopteren des palaearctischen Faunengebietes, 2, pp. 1 - 368.

Vari, L., Kroon, D. & Kruger, M. (2002) Classification and checklist of the species of Lepidoptera recorded in southern Africa. Chatswood, Australia, 384 pp.