A taxonomic revision of the genus Mesophleps Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) 3373
Author
Li, Houhun
Author
Sattler, Klaus
text
Zootaxa
2012
2012-07-04
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journal article
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Anarsia centrospila
Turner, 1919
(Chelariinae)
Nothris centrospila
Turner, 1919
,
Proc. R. Soc. Qd
31
: 165.
Holotype
♀
[not
♂
],
AUSTRALIA
:
Queensland
,
Brisbane
, xii. (
Turner
) (ANIC, Canberra) [examined].
Xerometra centrospila
(Turner)
;
Meyrick 1925: 170
.
Anarsia centrospila
(Turner)
;
Edwards 1996: 109
.
Remarks.
According to Edwards (pers. comm.) the
holotype
of
N. centrospila
is a rather worn female, not male.
Meyrick (1925: 17)
included
centrospila
in
Xerometra
, one of the synonyms of
Mesophleps
; it was subsequently transferred to
Anarsia
by
Edwards (1996: 109)
, although it was not marked there as a new combination.
Biology.
Host-plant unknown.
Distribution.
Australia
(
Queensland
).
Material examined
(
1 ♂
, no genitalia preparation)
Australia
:
1 ♂
,
holotype
(as above)
.