Megacraspedus is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae, found primarily in the Palearctic.
Species The following species belong to the genus Megacraspedus:
Megacraspedus albella (Amsel, 1935) Megacraspedus albovenata Junnilainen, 2010 g Megacraspedus alfacarellus Wehrli, 1926 c g Megacraspedus andreneli Varenne & Nel, 2014 g Megacraspedus argyroneurellus Staudinger, 1871 c g Megacraspedus armatophallus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus attritellus Staudinger, 1871 c g Megacraspedus balneariellus (Chrétien, 1907) g Megacraspedus barcodiellus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus bengtssoni Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus bidentatus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus bilineatella Huemer & Karsholt, 1996 g Megacraspedus binotella (Duponchel, 1843) g Megacraspedus brachypteris Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus cerussatellus Rebel, 1930 c g Megacraspedus coleophorodes (Li & Zheng, 1995) Megacraspedus consortiella Caradja, 1920 c g Megacraspedus cuencellus Caradja, 1920 c g Megacraspedus dejectella (Staudinger, 1859) g Megacraspedus devorator Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus dolosellus (Zeller, 1839) c g Megacraspedus eburnellus Huemer & Karsholt, 2001 g Megacraspedus ethicodes (Meyrick, 1920) Megacraspedus fallax (Mann, 1867) g Megacraspedus faunierensis Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus feminensis Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus fuscus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus gallicus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus gibeauxi Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus glaberipalpus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus golestanicus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus granadensis Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus gredosensis Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus grisea (Filipjev, 1931) Megacraspedus heckfordi Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus homochroa Le Cerf, 1932 c g Megacraspedus ibericus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus imparellus (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1843) c g Megacraspedus junnilaineni Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus kazakhstanicus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus kirgizicus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus knudlarseni Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus korabicus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus lagopellus Herrich-Schäffer, 1860 c g Megacraspedus lanceolellus (Zeller, 1850) g Megacraspedus laseni Timossi & Huemer, 2021 Megacraspedus latiuncus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus lativalvellus Amsel, 1954 c g Megacraspedus leuca (Filipjev, 1929) Megacraspedus libycus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus litovalvellus Junnilainen, 2010 g Megacraspedus longipalpella Junnilainen, 2010 g Megacraspedus longivalvellus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus macrocanellus Lucas, 1932 Megacraspedus majorella Caradja, 1920 c g Megacraspedus monolorellus Rebel, 1905 c g Megacraspedus multipunctellus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus multispinella Junnilainen & Nupponen, 2010 g Megacraspedus neli Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus niphorrhoa (Meyrick, 1926) g Megacraspedus numidellus (Chrétien, 1915) Megacraspedus nupponeni Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus occidentellus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus orenburgensis Junnilainen & Nupponen, 2010 g Megacraspedus pacificus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus pentheres Walsingham, 1920 c g Megacraspedus peslieri Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus peyerimhoffi Le Cerf, 1925 c g Megacraspedus podolicus (Toll, 1942) Megacraspedus pototskii Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus pusillus Walsingham, 1903 c g Megacraspedus quadristictus Lhomme, 1946 Megacraspedus ribbeella (Caradja, 1920) Megacraspedus serica Meyrick, 1909 c g Megacraspedus similellus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus skoui Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus skulei Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus spinophallus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus squalida Meyrick, 1926 c g Megacraspedus steineri Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus sumpichi Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus tabelli Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus tenuignathos Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus tenuiuncus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus teriolensis Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus tokari Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus trineae Huemer & Karsholt, 2018 Megacraspedus tristictus Walsingham, 1910 c g Megacraspedus uzunsyrtus Bidzilya & Budashkin, 2015 g Megacraspedus violacellum (Chrétien, 1915) c g
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
Questionable and former species These Australian species are likely members of the genus group Pycnobathra Lower, 1901, and not part of Megacraspedus.
Megacraspedus achroa Lower, 1901 c g Megacraspedus aenictodes Turner, 1919 c g Megacraspedus aphileta Meyrick, 1904 c g Megacraspedus argonota (Lower, 1901) Megacraspedus astemphella Meyrick, 1904 c g Megacraspedus centrosema Meyrick, 1904 c g Megacraspedus chalcoscia Meyrick, 1904 c g Megacraspedus coniodes Meyrick, 1904 c g Megacraspedus euxena Meyrick, 1904 c g Megacraspedus hoplitis Meyrick, 1904 c g Megacraspedus inficeta Meyrick, 1904 c g Megacraspedus ischnota Meyrick, 1904 c g Megacraspedus isotis Meyrick, 1904 c g Megacraspedus melitopis Meyrick, 1904 c g Megacraspedus niphodes (Lower, 1897) c g Megacraspedus oxyphanes Meyrick, 1904 c g Megacraspedus pityritis Meyrick, 1904 c g Megacraspedus platyleuca Meyrick, 1904 c g Megacraspedus popularis Meyrick, 1904 c g Megacraspedus sagittifera (Lower, 1900) c g Megacraspedus sclerotricha Meyrick, 1904 c g Megacraspedus sematacma Meyrick, 1921 c g Megacraspedus stratimera (Lower, 1897) c g
In addition, these accepted species probably do not belong in Megacraspedus: Megacraspedus calamogonus Meyrick, 1886 c g - New Zealand Megacraspedus exilis Walsingham, 1909 c g - Mexico Megacraspedus plutella (Chambers, 1874) c g b - North America
These species have been determined to be synonyms of other species: Megacraspedus arnaldi (Turati & Krüger, 1936) - synonym of M. violacellum (Chrétien, 1915) Megacraspedus culminicola Le Cerf, 1932 - synonym of M. homochroa Le Cerf, 1932 Megacraspedus escalerellus Schmidt, 1941 - synonym of M. squalida Meyrick, 1926 Megacraspedus grossisquammellus Chrétien, 1925 - synonym of M. lanceolellus (Zeller, 1850) Megacraspedus hessleriellus Rössler, 1866 - synonym of M. lanceolellus (Zeller, 1850) Megacraspedus incertellus Rebel, 1930 - synonym of M. dolosellus (Zeller, 1839) Megacraspedus kaszabianus Povolný, 1982 - synonym of M. leuca (Filipjev, 1929) Megacraspedus mareotidellus Turati, 1924 - synonym of M. numidellus (Chrétien, 1915) Megacraspedus neurophanes (Meyrick, 1926) - synonym of M. fallax (Mann, 1867) Megacraspedus separatellus (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1843) - synonym of M. dolosellus (Zeller, 1839) Megacraspedus subdolellus Staudinger, 1859 - synonym of M. lanceolellus (Zeller, 1850) Megacraspedus tutti Walsingham, 1887 - synonym of M. lanceolellus (Zeller, 1850) Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
References
, 2001: Megacraspedus eburnellus sp. nov. and M. dolosellus (Zeller, 1839), a case of confusion in alpine lepidopterology (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 111 (8): 238-242. , 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part I: descriptions of seventeen new species (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa 2366: 1-34. Abstract: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02366p034f.pdf]. ; ; 2009: Checklist of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) in America North of Mexico. Zootaxa, 2231: 1-39. Abstract & excerpt , 1982: Megacraspedus kaszabianus sp. n. aus der Mongolei (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae). Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici 74: 193-202. Full article: .