title: Megacraspedus
text: # Megacraspedus
  
  Megacraspedus is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae, found primarily in the Palearctic.
  
  ## Species
  
  The following species belong to the genus Megacraspedus:
  
  * Megacraspedus albella (Amsel, 1935)
  * Megacraspedus albovenata Junnilainen, $2010^g$
  * Megacraspedus alfacarellus Wehrli, $1926^{cg}$
  * Megacraspedus andreneli Varenne & Nel, $2014^g$
  * Megacraspedus argyroneurellus Staudinger, $1871^{cg}$
  * Megacraspedus armatophallus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus attritellus Staudinger, $1871^{cg}$
  * Megacraspedus balneariellus (Chrétien, $1907)^g$
  * Megacraspedus barcodiellus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus bengtssoni Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus bidentatus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus bilineatella Huemer & Karsholt, $1996^g$
  * Megacraspedus binotella (Duponchel, $1843)^g$
  * Megacraspedus brachypteris Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus cerussatellus Rebel, $1930^{cg}$
  * Megacraspedus coleophorodes (Li & Zheng, 1995)
  * Megacraspedus consortiella Caradja, $1920^{cg}$
  * Megacraspedus cuencellus Caradja, $1920^{cg}$
  * Megacraspedus dejectella (Staudinger, $1859)^g$
  * Megacraspedus devorator Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus dolosellus (Zeller, $1839)^{cg}$
  * Megacraspedus eburnellus Huemer & Karsholt, $2001^g$
  * Megacraspedus ethicodes (Meyrick, 1920)
  * Megacraspedus fallax (Mann, $1867)^g$
  * Megacraspedus faunierensis Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus feminensis Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus fuscus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus gallicus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus gibeauxi Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus glaberipalpus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus golestanicus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus granadensis Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus gredosensis Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus grisea (Filipjev, 1931)
  * Megacraspedus heckfordi Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus homochroa Le Cerf, $1932^{cg}$
  * Megacraspedus ibericus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus imparellus (Fischer von Röslerstamm, $1843)^{cg}$
  * Megacraspedus junnilaineni Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus kazakhstanicus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus kirgizicus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus knudlarseni Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus korabicus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus lagopellus Herrich-Schäffer, $1860^{cg}$
  * Megacraspedus lanceolellus (Zeller, $1850)^g$
  * Megacraspedus laseni Timossi & Huemer, 2021
  * Megacraspedus latiuncus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus lativalvellus Amsel, $1954^{cg}$
  * Megacraspedus leuca (Filipjev, 1929)
  * Megacraspedus libycus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus litovalvellus Junnilainen, $2010^g$
  * Megacraspedus longipalpella Junnilainen, $2010^g$
  * Megacraspedus longivalvellus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus macrocanellus Lucas, 1932
  * Megacraspedus majorella Caradja, $1920^{cg}$
  * Megacraspedus monolorellus Rebel, $1905^{cg}$
  * Megacraspedus multipunctellus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus multispinella Junnilainen & Nupponen, $2010^g$
  * Megacraspedus neli Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus niphorrhoa (Meyrick, $1926)^g$
  * Megacraspedus numidellus (Chrétien, 1915)
  * Megacraspedus nupponeni Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus occidentellus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus orenburgensis Junnilainen & Nupponen, $2010^g$
  * Megacraspedus pacificus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus pentheres Walsingham, $1920^{cg}$
  * Megacraspedus peslieri Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus peyerimhoffi Le Cerf, $1925^{cg}$
  * Megacraspedus podolicus (Toll, 1942)
  * Megacraspedus pototskii Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus pusillus Walsingham, $1903^{cg}$
  * Megacraspedus quadristictus Lhomme, 1946
  * Megacraspedus ribbeella (Caradja, 1920)
  * Megacraspedus serica Meyrick, $1909^{cg}$
  * Megacraspedus similellus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus skoui Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus skulei Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus spinophallus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus squalida Meyrick, $1926^{cg}$
  * Megacraspedus steineri Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus sumpichi Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus tabelli Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus tenuignathos Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus tenuiuncus Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus teriolensis Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus tokari Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus trineae Huemer & Karsholt, 2018
  * Megacraspedus tristictus Walsingham, $1910^{cg}$
  * Megacraspedus uzunsyrtus Bidzilya & Budashkin, $2015^g$
  * Megacraspedus violacellum (Chrétien, $1915)^{cg}$
  
  Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
  
  ## Questionable and former species
  
  These Australian species are likely members of the genus group Pycnobathra Lower, 1901, and not part of Megacraspedus.
  
  * Megacraspedus achroa Lower, $1901^{cg}$
  * Megacraspedus aenictodes Turner, $1919^{cg}$
  * Megacraspedus aphileta Meyrick, $1904^{cg}$
  * Megacraspedus argonota (Lower, 1901)
  * Megacraspedus astemphella Meyrick, $1904^{cg}$
  * Megacraspedus centrosema Meyrick, $1904^{cg}$
  * Megacraspedus chalcoscia Meyrick, $1904^{cg}$
  * Megacraspedus coniodes Meyrick, $1904^{cg}$
  * Megacraspedus euxena Meyrick, $1904^{cg}$
  * Megacraspedus hoplitis Meyrick, $1904^{cg}$
  * Megacraspedus inficeta Meyrick, $1904^{cg}$
  * Megacraspedus ischnota Meyrick, $1904^{cg}$
  * Megacraspedus isotis Meyrick, $1904^{cg}$
  * Megacraspedus melitopis Meyrick, $1904^{cg}$
  * Megacraspedus niphodes (Lower, $1897)^{cg}$
  * Megacraspedus oxyphanes Meyrick, $1904^{cg}$
  * Megacraspedus pityritis Meyrick, $1904^{cg}$
  * Megacraspedus platyleuca Meyrick, $1904^{cg}$
  * Megacraspedus popularis Meyrick, $1904^{cg}$
  * Megacraspedus sagittifera (Lower, $1900)^{cg}$
  * Megacraspedus sclerotricha Meyrick, $1904^{cg}$
  * Megacraspedus sematacma Meyrick, $1921^{cg}$
  * Megacraspedus stratimera (Lower, $1897)^{cg}$
  
  In addition, these accepted species probably do not belong in Megacraspedus:
  
  * Megacraspedus calamogonus Meyrick, $1886^{cg}$ - New Zealand
  * Megacraspedus exilis Walsingham, $1909^{cg}$ - Mexico
  * Megacraspedus plutella (Chambers, $1874)^{cgb}$ - North America
  
  These species have been determined to be synonyms of other species:
  
  * Megacraspedus arnaldi (Turati & Krüger, 1936) - synonym of M. violacellum (Chrétien, 1915)
  * Megacraspedus culminicola Le Cerf, 1932 - synonym of M. homochroa Le Cerf, 1932
  * Megacraspedus escalerellus Schmidt, 1941 - synonym of M. squalida Meyrick, 1926
  * Megacraspedus grossisquammellus Chrétien, 1925 - synonym of M. lanceolellus (Zeller, 1850)
  * Megacraspedus hessleriellus Rössler, 1866 - synonym of M. lanceolellus (Zeller, 1850)
  * Megacraspedus incertellus Rebel, 1930 - synonym of M. dolosellus (Zeller, 1839)
  * Megacraspedus kaszabianus Povolný, 1982 - synonym of M. leuca (Filipjev, 1929)
  * Megacraspedus mareotidellus Turati, 1924 - synonym of M. numidellus (Chrétien, 1915)
  * Megacraspedus neurophanes (Meyrick, 1926) - synonym of M. fallax (Mann, 1867)
  * Megacraspedus separatellus (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1843) - synonym of M. dolosellus (Zeller, 1839)
  * Megacraspedus subdolellus Staudinger, 1859 - synonym of M. lanceolellus (Zeller, 1850)
  * Megacraspedus tutti Walsingham, 1887 - synonym of M. lanceolellus (Zeller, 1850)
  
  Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
  
  