Megacraspedus
# Megacraspedus

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, $1926^{cg}$
* Megacraspedus andreneli Varenne & Nel, $2014^g$
* Megacraspedus argyroneurellus Staudinger, $1871^{cg}$
* Megacraspedus armatophallus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
* Megacraspedus attritellus Staudinger, $1871^{cg}$
* 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, $1930^{cg}$
* Megacraspedus coleophorodes (Li & Zheng, 1995)
* Megacraspedus consortiella Caradja, $1920^{cg}$
* Megacraspedus cuencellus Caradja, $1920^{cg}$
* Megacraspedus dejectella (Staudinger, $1859)^g$
* Megacraspedus devorator Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
* Megacraspedus dolosellus (Zeller, $1839)^{cg}$
* 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, $1932^{cg}$
* Megacraspedus ibericus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
* Megacraspedus imparellus (Fischer von Röslerstamm, $1843)^{cg}$
* 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, $1860^{cg}$
* Megacraspedus lanceolellus (Zeller, $1850)^g$
* Megacraspedus laseni Timossi & Huemer, 2021
* Megacraspedus latiuncus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
* Megacraspedus lativalvellus Amsel, $1954^{cg}$
* 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, $1920^{cg}$
* Megacraspedus monolorellus Rebel, $1905^{cg}$
* 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, $1920^{cg}$
* Megacraspedus peslieri Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
* Megacraspedus peyerimhoffi Le Cerf, $1925^{cg}$
* Megacraspedus podolicus (Toll, 1942)
* Megacraspedus pototskii Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
* Megacraspedus pusillus Walsingham, $1903^{cg}$
* Megacraspedus quadristictus Lhomme, 1946
* Megacraspedus ribbeella (Caradja, 1920)
* Megacraspedus serica Meyrick, $1909^{cg}$
* Megacraspedus similellus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
* Megacraspedus skoui Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
* Megacraspedus skulei Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
* Megacraspedus spinophallus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
* Megacraspedus squalida Meyrick, $1926^{cg}$
* 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, $1910^{cg}$
* Megacraspedus uzunsyrtus Bidzilya & Budashkin, $2015^g$
* Megacraspedus violacellum (Chrétien, $1915)^{cg}$

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, $1901^{cg}$
* Megacraspedus aenictodes Turner, $1919^{cg}$
* Megacraspedus aphileta Meyrick, $1904^{cg}$
* Megacraspedus argonota (Lower, 1901)
* Megacraspedus astemphella Meyrick, $1904^{cg}$
* Megacraspedus centrosema Meyrick, $1904^{cg}$
* Megacraspedus chalcoscia Meyrick, $1904^{cg}$
* Megacraspedus coniodes Meyrick, $1904^{cg}$
* Megacraspedus euxena Meyrick, $1904^{cg}$
* Megacraspedus hoplitis Meyrick, $1904^{cg}$
* Megacraspedus inficeta Meyrick, $1904^{cg}$
* Megacraspedus ischnota Meyrick, $1904^{cg}$
* Megacraspedus isotis Meyrick, $1904^{cg}$
* Megacraspedus melitopis Meyrick, $1904^{cg}$
* Megacraspedus niphodes (Lower, $1897)^{cg}$
* Megacraspedus oxyphanes Meyrick, $1904^{cg}$
* Megacraspedus pityritis Meyrick, $1904^{cg}$
* Megacraspedus platyleuca Meyrick, $1904^{cg}$
* Megacraspedus popularis Meyrick, $1904^{cg}$
* Megacraspedus sagittifera (Lower, $1900)^{cg}$
* Megacraspedus sclerotricha Meyrick, $1904^{cg}$
* Megacraspedus sematacma Meyrick, $1921^{cg}$
* Megacraspedus stratimera (Lower, $1897)^{cg}$

In addition, these accepted species probably do not belong in Megacraspedus:

* Megacraspedus calamogonus Meyrick, $1886^{cg}$ - New Zealand
* Megacraspedus exilis Walsingham, $1909^{cg}$ - Mexico
* Megacraspedus plutella (Chambers, $1874)^{cgb}$ - 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

