Megacraspedus pentheres, Walsingham, 1920

Timossi, Giovanni & Huemer, Peter, 2021, Megacraspedus laseni sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) from the Dolomites of north-eastern Italy, Zootaxa 4927 (4), pp. 559-566 : 560

Megacraspedus pentheres species group.

Based on the characters of the male genitalia Megacraspedus laseni is placed in the Megacraspedus pentheres species group sensu Huemer & Karsholt (2018) which includes following taxa:

Megacraspedus pentheres Walsingham, 1920

Megacraspedus steineri Huemer & Karsholt, 2018

Megacraspedus gibeauxi Huemer & Karsholt, 2018

Megacraspedus multipunctellus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018

Megacraspedus teriolensis Huemer & Karsholt, 2018

Megacraspedus korabicus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018

Megacraspedus quadristictus Lhomme, 1946

= Megacraspedus carolustertius Gastón & Vives, 2020 , syn. nov.

Megacraspedus eburnellus Huemer & Karsholt, 2001

Megacraspedus laseni sp. nov.

Synonymy note. Megacraspedus carolustertius was described from a single male specimen without diagnostic comparison to any related species ( Gastón &Vives 2020). The holotype was collected in Teruel ( Spain) and is a faded specimen with reduced wing markings. It clearly falls within the intraspecific variation of M. quadristictus externally. The male genitalia, though only prepared in standard technique and not unrolled, do not contradict this interpretation. We therefore synonymize M. carolustertius with M. quadristictus syn. nov., a species already reported from this part of Spain ( Huemer & Karsholt 2018).