Mesophleps palpigera

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Mesophleps palpigera
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Mesophleps
Species:
M. palpigera
Binomial name
Mesophleps palpigera
(Walsingham, 1891)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia palpigeraWalsingham, 1891
  • Paraspistes palpigera
  • Brachyacma palpigera
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Mesophleps palpigera

Mesophleps palpigera is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Niger, Nigeria, Zaire, Uganda, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Madagascar and South Africa. Records from outside of Africa are based on misidentifications.

The wingspan is 9–15.5 mm. The forewings are yellowish brown to light ochreous brown.

The larvae feed on Bauhinia , Parkinsonia aculeata , Acacia , Albizia altissimum , Albizia lebbeck , Cajanus cajan , Crotalaria retusa , Lonchocarpus cyanescens , Millettia zechiana , Pericopsis laxiflora , Tephrosia bracteolata . [1]

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Mesophleps corsicella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Spain, Portugal, France and Italy, Greece and on Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily. Outside of Europe, it is found in Morocco and Lebanon.

<i>Mesophleps oxycedrella</i> Species of moth

Mesophleps oxycedrella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Spain, Portugal, southern France, Italy and on Sicily the Canary Islands.

Mesophleps bifidella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found on the island of Kyushu in Japan and the island of Luzon in the Philippines.

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Mesophleps gigantella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Kenya and Uganda.

Mesophleps nairobiensis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Mozambique, Uganda and Kenya.

Mesophleps parvella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Malaysia (Brunei), Papua New Guinea and Australia (Queensland).

Mesophleps truncatella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Australia and Vanuatu.

Mesophleps undulatella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Papua New Guinea.

Mesophleps geodes is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal), Malawi, Kenya, Pakistan and India.

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References

  1. Li, H.-h. & K. Sattler, 2012: A taxonomic revision of the genus Mesophleps Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa3373: 1-82.