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Mesophleps ochroloma Li & Sattler 2012, comb. nov.

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Description

Mesophleps ochroloma (Lower, 1901) comb. nov.

Ypsolophus ochroloma Lower, 1901, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 25: 80. LECTOTYPE ♂ [not ♀], AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Broken Hill, 1.ix.1899 (SAM), here designated [examined]

Xerometra ochroloma (Lower); Meyrick 1925: 170; Edwards 1996: 108.

Genitalia ♂. Not examined.

Genitalia ♀. Not examined.

Remarks. Y. ochroloma was described from supposedly eight females from Broken Hill, collected in August and September. In coll. Lower there are six males (one without abdomen) and one female. The specimen labelled ‘TYPE’ by Lower is a male; it is here designated as the lectotype.

Biology. Host-plant unknown.

Distribution. Australia (New South Wales).

Material examined (6 ♂♂, 1 ♀, no genitalia preparation)

Australia: 1 ♂, lectotype (as above). 5 ♂♂, 1 ♀, New South Wales, Broken Hill, viii, ix. (Lower) (SAM, Adelaide).

Notes

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

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
SAM
Event date
1899-09-01
Verbatim event date
1899-09-01
Scientific name authorship
Li & Sattler
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Gelechiidae
Genus
Mesophleps
Species
ochroloma
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Type status
lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Mesophleps ochroloma (Lower, 1901) sec. Li & Sattler, 2012

References

  • Lower, O. B. (1901) Descriptions of new genera and species of Australian Lepidoptera. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 25, 63 - 98.
  • Meyrick, E. (1925) Lepidoptera Heterocera. Fam. Gelechiadae. Genera Insectorum, 184, 1 - 290, pls 1 - 5.
  • Edwards, E. D. (1996) See Nielsen, E. S., Edwards, E. D. & Rangsi, V. 1996.