Mesophleps cycnobathra ( Lower, 1898 ) Li & Sattler, 2012

Li, Houhun & Sattler, Klaus, 2012, A taxonomic revision of the genus Mesophleps Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) 3373, Zootaxa 3373, pp. 1-82 : 51-52

publication ID

1175­5334

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5255482

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039B87F3-A65C-4A0E-FF2F-F9BB36B7FEC6

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scientific name

Mesophleps cycnobathra ( Lower, 1898 )
status

comb. nov.

Mesophleps cycnobathra ( Lower, 1898) View in CoL comb. nov.

Paltodora cycnobathra Lower, 1898 View in CoL , Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 23: 50. Holotype ♂, AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Broken Hill , 11.x.1906 (Lower) (SAM, Adelaide) [examined].

Xerometra cycnobathra (Lower) ; Meyrick 1925: 171; Edwards 1996: 108.

Genitalia ♂. Not examined.

Genitalia ♀. Not examined.

Remarks. The holotype male and one associated female were superficially examined but not dissected. Meyrick (1925: 171) placed cycnobathra between acromelas Turner and tephrastis Meyrick, Edwards (1996: 108) between tephrastis and tetrachroa Lower.

Biology. Host-plant unknown.

Distribution. Australia (New South Wales).

Material examined (1 ♂, 1 ♀, no genitalia preparations)

Australia: 1 ♂, holotype (as above) ; 1 ♀, New South Wales, Broken Hill , 3.x.1910 (Lower) ( SAM, Adelaide) .

SAM

South African Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Gelechiidae

Genus

Mesophleps

Loc

Mesophleps cycnobathra ( Lower, 1898 )

Li, Houhun & Sattler, Klaus 2012
2012
Loc

Xerometra cycnobathra (Lower)

Edwards, E. D. 1996: 108
Meyrick, E. 1925: 171
1925
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