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Mesophleps

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Mesophleps
Mesophleps palpigera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Subfamily: Anacampsinae
Genus: Mesophleps
Hübner, 1825
Synonyms
  • Brachyacma Meyrick, 1886
  • Lathontogenus Walsingham, 1897
  • Paraspistes Meyrick, 1905
  • Chretienia Spuler, 1910
  • Lipatia Busck, 1910
  • Stiphrostola Meyrick, 1923
  • Crossobela Meyrick, 1923
  • Xerometra Meyrick, 1925
  • Gnosimacha Meyrick, 1927
  • Bucolarcha Meyrick, 1929
  • Uncustriodonta Agenjo, 1952
  • Uncostridonta Park, 1990

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

Species

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Associated species

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

References

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  • Li, H.-h. & K. Sattler, 2012: A taxonomic revision of the genus Mesophleps Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa 3373: 1-82.
  • Varewnne, T. & J. Nel, 2011: Description de Mesophleps gallicelle n. sp. et première citation d'Hyperlais cruzae du sud de la France (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae: Anacampsini et Crambidae). Revue de l'Association Roussillonnaise d'Entomologie 20 (2): 56-58.