Megacraspedus separatellus

Megacraspedus separatellus is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found from central and southern Europe to the Ural Mountains. Outside Europe it is found in the Altai Mountains, Turkey and the Caucasus.

Megacraspedus separatellus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Megacraspedus
Species:
M. separatellus
Binomial name
Megacraspedus separatellus
Synonyms
  • Ypsolophus separatellus Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1843

Females are brachypterous.[2]

References edit

  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