Mesophleps

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

Mesophleps
Mesophleps palpigera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
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

Species

• albilinella species group
  • Mesophleps albilinella
  • Mesophleps aspina
  • Mesophleps coffeae
  • Mesophleps nairobiensis
  • Mesophleps parvella
• geodes species group
  • Mesophleps catericta
  • Mesophleps geodes
• gigantella species group
  • Mesophleps gigantella
• palpigera species group
  • Mesophleps acutunca
  • Mesophleps adustipennis
  • Mesophleps bifidella
  • Mesophleps corsicella
  • Mesophleps crocina
  • Mesophleps epiochra
  • Mesophleps ioloncha
  • Mesophleps oxycedrella
  • Mesophleps palpigera
  • Mesophleps safranella
  • Mesophleps silacella
  • Mesophleps sublutiana
  • Mesophleps tabellata
• tephrastis species group
  • Mesophleps apentheta
  • Mesophleps argonota
  • Mesophleps chloranthes
  • Mesophleps cycnobathra
  • Mesophleps macrosemus
  • Mesophleps meliphanes
  • Mesophleps mylicotis
  • Mesophleps ochroloma
  • Mesophleps tephrastis
  • Mesophleps tetrachroa
  • Mesophleps trichombra
• trinotella species group
  • Mesophleps ochracella
  • Mesophleps trinotella
  • Mesophleps unguella
• truncatella species group
  • Mesophleps truncatella
  • Mesophleps undulatella

Associated species

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

• Agonochaetia impunctella (Caradja, 1920)
• Anarsia centrospila Turner, 1919
• Aponoea obtusipalpis Walsingham, 1905
• Dichomeris aprica (Meyrick, 1913)
• Dichomeris sciritis (Meyrick, 1918)
• Megacraspedus arnaldi (Turati & Krüger, 1930)
• Nothris mesophracta Turner, 1919
• Pycnobathra acromelas (Turner, 1919)
• Sarotorna mesoleuca (Lower, 1900)

References

• 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'Associtation Roussillonnaise d'Entomologie 20 (2): 56-58.