Megacraspedus fallax

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Megacraspedus fallax
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Megacraspedus
Species:
M. fallax
Binomial name
Megacraspedus fallax
(Mann, 1867) [1]
Synonyms
  • Chilopselaphus fallaxMann, 1867
  • Trichembola neurophanesMeyrick, 1926

Megacraspedus fallax is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in France, Spain, Hungary, southern Ukraine, Russia (southern Ural, Volga region, southern Siberia), the Caucasus and from Kazakhstan to north-western China. [2]

The wingspan is 17 mm (0.67 in). The forewings are pale ochreous-yellowish with the markings consisting of shining white edged lines of dark fuscous irroration (speckling). There is a streak from the base just beneath the costa to the costa at two-thirds, with a narrower streak rising out of this along the upper margin of cell to just beneath the apex (the area between this and the preceding wholly irrorated dark fuscous), another along the lower margin of the cell and transverse vein, another along the fold throughout, and irregular lines along veins two to five, seven and eight. The dorsal edge is finely white. The hindwings are whitish. [3]

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References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Junnilainen, J.et al. 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 2367: 1–68. Preview
  3. Description of Trichembola neurophanes in Exot. Microlep. 3 (9): 271 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .