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<taxonomicName id="4A3131D0375ACF7C4E579EFB79D0076C" ID-CoL="936TS" authority="Chretien, 1915" authorityName="Chretien" authorityYear="1915" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Megacraspedus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megacraspedus violacellum" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="148" pageNumber="149" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="violacellum">
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Megacraspedus violacellum (
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, 1915)
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<paragraph id="8AD6EB057D158BA55292651C883FC21E" pageId="148" pageNumber="149">
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<taxonomicName id="8A514D39F0F31928CAD9D359DF5555D1" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Toxoceras" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Toxoceras violacellum" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="148" pageNumber="149" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="violacellum">Toxoceras violacellum</taxonomicName>
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<normalizedToken id="B62C37EA751B087F502DE794B7C08A0A" originalValue="Chrétien">Chretien</normalizedToken>
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, 1915: 330.
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<paragraph id="5E34D901332B54A1501CFED88CEDDC90" pageId="148" pageNumber="149">
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<taxonomicName id="3AAC30493879ED41FE48C4136FA7D11C" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Cauloecista" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cauloecista chretienella" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="148" pageNumber="149" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chretienella">Cauloecista chretienella</taxonomicName>
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Dumont, 1928: 34, figs 5A, B, syn. n.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="9E9C5CADDF7D14A82EE43A9CC3E72509" pageId="149" pageNumber="150">
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<taxonomicName id="29A7815B543D294FCBA39342EB7A9D0E" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Cauloecista" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cauloecista halfella" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="149" pageNumber="150" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="halfella">
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<pageBreakToken id="820462CB76B5D43B1540F6F627DEEE90" pageId="149" pageNumber="150" start="start">Cauloecista</pageBreakToken>
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halfella
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Dumont, 1928: 36, figs 5C, D, syn. n.
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<paragraph id="5B8149709687B6135FEFB507D8231A45" pageId="149" pageNumber="150">
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<taxonomicName id="D7BBB0805820C8D2AF0C1E52C3283AEC" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Mesophleps" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mesophleps arnaldi" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="149" pageNumber="150" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="arnaldi">Mesophleps arnaldi</taxonomicName>
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Turati &
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<normalizedToken id="FF7AFAA129ABF82DA707AADF84C783A0" originalValue="Krüger">Krueger</normalizedToken>
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, 1936: 76, pl. 11, fig. 27, syn. n.
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<subSubSection id="3A5D46A9C987BD130E5A002AAFAAE82D" pageId="149" pageNumber="150" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph id="631666930CC78B328AC231D977BB5DFC" pageId="149" pageNumber="150">Examined material.</paragraph>
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Lectotype ♂,
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<taxonomicName id="05EB78783268F190457DD05120201D65" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Toxoceras" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Toxoceras violacellum" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="149" pageNumber="150" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="violacellum">Toxoceras violacellum</taxonomicName>
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, here designated, "Toxoceras violacellum" "Gafsa 29.II.08"
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<normalizedToken id="2E38CA3980D7E70E23D7D12A4016C865" originalValue="“TYPE”">"TYPE"</normalizedToken>
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"Genitalia ♂ P. Viette
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. No. 2673" (MNHN) [photographs examined]. Lectotype ♂,
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<taxonomicName id="A84C1660930384AE025B391348579730" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Cauloecista" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cauloecista chretienella" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="149" pageNumber="150" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chretienella">Cauloecista chretienella</taxonomicName>
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, designated by
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<bibRefCitation id="6BB67F76AF8E25537C13A04BDA02536C" author="Viette, P" journalOrPublisher="Revue Francaise de Lepidopterologie" pageId="191" pageNumber="192" pagination="56 - 59" title="Les Microlepidopteres de C. Dumont." volume="13" year="1951">Viette (1951</bibRefCitation>
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: 57),
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"Cauloecista chretienella" "MUSEUM PARIS TUNISIE METLAOUI C. DUMONT 1921" "Imago 1.X.21"
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"Cauloecista halfella Dum. Lepidoptera, vol. 3 1920, p. 34" genitalia slide PGCGN 8015 (MNHN) [photographs examined]. Lectotype ♀,
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<taxonomicName id="C6E67BBFD750B86F0BF01A4C4AE03887" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Cauloecista" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cauloecista halfella" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="149" pageNumber="150" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="halfella">Cauloecista halfella</taxonomicName>
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, designated by
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<bibRefCitation id="4A2E5CCF66504CB1730481FCB2CE7EDD" author="Viette, P" journalOrPublisher="Revue Francaise de Lepidopterologie" pageId="191" pageNumber="192" pagination="56 - 59" title="Les Microlepidopteres de C. Dumont." volume="13" year="1951">Viette (1951</bibRefCitation>
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: 57),
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"Cauloecista halfella Type" "MUSEUM PARIS TUNISIE METLAOUI C. DUMONT 1921" "18.9.21 ex halfa" "Cauloecista halfella Dum. Lepidoptera, vol. 3 1920, p. 36" (MNHN) [photographs examined].
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<paragraph id="2E9F28980E3C8A13B124BB959BC48AD6" pageId="149" pageNumber="150">
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Lectotype ♂,
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<taxonomicName id="37BEC6BEC944F0945B8947364B920A63" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Mesophleps" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mesophleps arnaldi" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="149" pageNumber="150" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="arnaldi">Mesophleps arnaldi</taxonomicName>
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(without abdomen), designated by
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<bibRefCitation id="E673C02A3D67C623364910BBC4F722AD" author="Li, H" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="189" pageNumber="190" pagination="1 - 82" title="A taxonomic revision of the genus Mesophleps Huebner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)." volume="3373" year="2012">Li and Sattler (2012</bibRefCitation>
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: 56), [Libya],
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<normalizedToken id="CFD4DBDA61C36F20B1ECC8BC2EA5F614" originalValue="“Zuetina”">"Zuetina"</normalizedToken>
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<normalizedToken id="9B225AADEFCF02FAFD227A4842471415" originalValue="“20.ix.1934”">"20.ix.1934"</normalizedToken>
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(BMNH). Non-type material. Tunisia. 7 ♂, prov. Beja, 7 km W Nefza, W lake Sidi el Barrak, 30 m, 4.x.2007, leg. B. Schacht (TLMF, ZMUC, ZSM); 1 ♂, prov. Kebili, 10-20 km W Zaafrae, 10 m, 30.ix.-1.x.2007, leg. B. Schacht, genitalia slide GEL 1269 Huemer (TLMF).
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<subSubSection id="AB49DD33126C49F89141C5B51E9143CF" lastPageId="150" lastPageNumber="151" pageId="149" pageNumber="150" type="redescription">
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<paragraph id="FA7F29D2ECD13368A178FA88CAB7D649" pageId="149" pageNumber="150">Redescription.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="9C6F5BA14ECD9FD083F98BB294FBDADF" pageId="149" pageNumber="150">Adult. Male (Figure 126). Wingspan 21-23 mm. Segment 2 of labial palpus with scale brush about half the length of segment 3, blackish brown on outer surface, white with black-tipped scales on inner surface, whitish on upper and lower surface; segment 3 same length as segment 2, creamcoloured. Antennal scape without pecten; flagellum dark brown, indistinctly ringed lighter. Head light grey-brown; thorax and tegula as forewing. Forewing light grey-brown; brown streaks through fold and in middle of wing until before apex; a narrow white line in middle of costa; a black dot in fold at 2/5 and one at end of cell; veins in costal and apical parts of wing finely dusted with whitish scales; fringes grey. Hindwing grey with concolorous fringes.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="19A7703326B545473038918EB582AAC5" pageId="149" pageNumber="150">Female [based on original description and figure of lectotype] (Figure 127). Wingspan 18-20 mm. Forewing well developed, broadest at one-third, apical third tapered, more mottled with dark brown and black than in the male. Hindwing reduced to a short stump, transparent, grey, without scales. Otherwise similar to male.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="931249014EB91FC9EEE460B8F77E9E59" pageId="149" pageNumber="150">Variation. The forewings vary from lighter to darker greyish brown, and there can be one or two additional small dots in the middle of the forewings. The specimen from Sbeidla is slightly more broad-winged and has the dorsal part of the forewing yellowish brown.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="49B56C86B05BF1BA6CC0B014B7F30FBF" lastPageId="150" lastPageNumber="151" pageId="149" pageNumber="150">
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Male genitalia (Figure 246). Uncus sub-rectangular, slightly longer than broad, apical margin evenly rounded; gnathos hook moderately slender, apically pointed, slightly longer than uncus, weakly curved at about two-fifths; tegumen with broad and moderately deep anterior emargination, additional weak emargination medially, with short sclerotised sublateral ridges merged near middle of tegumen; pedunculi small, sub-triangular; valva massive, extending nearly to apex of uncus, basally widened, distal part broad, with longitudinal sclerotised ridge, apex converged, rounded; saccular area densely covered with setae, without separated sacculus; posterior margin of vinculum with deep emargination, weakly curved lateral hump, vincular sclerites broadly sub-
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<pageBreakToken id="BEE37D7984BB38D9727D958155B67A5E" pageId="150" pageNumber="151" start="start">triangular</pageBreakToken>
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with posteriomedial ridge; saccus massive, stout, broadly suboval, tapered distal part, apically rounded, ratio maximum width to length about 1, posterior margin distinctly emarginated, with sinusoid mediolateral humps, medial part smooth, without sclerotised ridge, lateral sclerites approximately 0.6 times maximum width of saccus; phallus massive, with weakly inflated coecum, distal three-quarters stout, medially with area of numerous spinules, dorsomedially convex with broad tooth-like projection, apically rounded.
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<paragraph id="95FF392F6A95788B8A9A4A28EBBCB843" pageId="150" pageNumber="151">Female genitalia. Undescribed. Unfortunately we did not obtain permission to examine the genitalia of the only available female.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="A0B90E1E4B13FA931E47E7716EA19E6B" pageId="150" pageNumber="151" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph id="BED99B864655672BD24F8DA1867C78E9" pageId="150" pageNumber="151">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="7A83AB3B20C9D5832D02A515BDF127FA" pageId="150" pageNumber="151">
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<taxonomicName id="8A077696EA3D359DCE212B25DF8DDEF7" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Megacraspedus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megacraspedus violacellum" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="150" pageNumber="151" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="violacellum">Megacraspedus violacellum</taxonomicName>
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is characterised by its large size and its light grey-brown forewings with two brown streaks and two black dots. It resembles
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<taxonomicName id="29C6888A33BD6F7F269EAD9BE4FAD64E" lsidName="M. squalida" pageId="150" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="squalida">M. squalida</taxonomicName>
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(Figs 128-129) and
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<taxonomicName id="FA24DE0B9F8AE8C900F629881A85EA54" lsidName="M. peyerimhoffi" pageId="150" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="peyerimhoffi">M. peyerimhoffi</taxonomicName>
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(Figs 145-146), but these species are without brown streaks in the forewings, having only obsolete black dots. The male genitalia are similar overall to
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<taxonomicName id="BDAA48376145314F8FE432347D632353" lsidName="M. armatophallus" pageId="150" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="armatophallus">M. armatophallus</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. (Figure 266) but unmistakable in
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in the unique shape and sclerotisations of the phallus.
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<subSubSection id="7DBA1BD6AB657A96EC90525253D41666" pageId="150" pageNumber="151" type="molecular data">
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<paragraph id="7F23F718500DC4E0C031728543F74E8D" pageId="150" pageNumber="151">Molecular data.</paragraph>
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BIN BOLD:ADI7610 (n = 1). The distance to the nearest neighbour
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sp. n. is 7.45% (p-dist).
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<subSubSection id="47A76EAC45E4BCB97E7A4FD32C1B69EA" pageId="150" pageNumber="151" type="distribution">
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<paragraph id="E246A66A2A768033E641BE7C4264631F" pageId="150" pageNumber="151">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="453A7D3F2760570B0304E27A566EC19D" pageId="150" pageNumber="151">Libya, Tunisia.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="F45B61C26986177E7E331ADB34F170A6" pageId="150" pageNumber="151" type="biology_ecology">
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<paragraph id="A9A1DEBF2CFCC6E75DD85D054A86F492" pageId="150" pageNumber="151">Biology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8DDACBAF2540A3626BEBD9A442AB7E03" pageId="150" pageNumber="151">
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The larva and pupa are described in details by
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<bibRefCitation id="40DAC24FA93820DC59A9E72F9EFD7903" pageId="150" pageNumber="151">Dumont (1928</bibRefCitation>
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: 35-36). The larva feeds within a stem of
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<taxonomicName id="9A396A571BF67A77A7F1E318DFC05901" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Macrochloa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Macrochloa tenacissima" order="Poales" pageId="150" pageNumber="151" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="tenacissima">Macrochloa tenacissima</taxonomicName>
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(Loefl. ex L.) (
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<taxonomicName id="3E8730822379B8C328FD12DFE55F111B" family="Poaceae" lsidName="Sucina" pageId="150" pageNumber="151" rank="family">Poaceae</taxonomicName>
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) until March. Then it builds a semi-rigid chamber, composed of extremely fine, pure white silk, in which it lives a and grows slowly until the end of August/beginning of September when it pupates. Larvae collected in Tunisia were reared in Paris during the second half of September. The adults have been collected from the middle of September to early October. The label data
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, referring to February, on a type specimen is probably the date the larva was collected.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="231C7405592347EF8FE3866EC5E4D676" lastPageId="151" lastPageNumber="152" pageId="150" pageNumber="151" type="remarks">
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<paragraph id="3FEAD69EED2E6D0DA9AD55CDA962D0C4" pageId="150" pageNumber="151">Remarks.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="18A839DC10D9D66C78F208B5609FD7F5" pageId="150" pageNumber="151">
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<taxonomicName id="34F8A6C6B9CE85339C56A5C565929F64" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Toxoceras" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Toxoceras violacellum" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="150" pageNumber="151" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="violacellum">Toxoceras violacellum</taxonomicName>
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was described from an unstated number of specimens collected at Gafsa, Tunisia in November (
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<bibRefCitation id="11C871BF4A33628081EA82C3AAB512A8" author="Chretien, P" journalOrPublisher="Annales de la Societe entomologique de France" pageId="185" pageNumber="186" pagination="289 - 374" title="Contribution a la connaissance des Lepidopteres du Nord de l'Afrique." volume="84" year="1915">
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<normalizedToken id="64F34028FB3EE0C45C9AA78EB64DB3D0" originalValue="Chrétien">Chretien</normalizedToken>
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1915
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</bibRefCitation>
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: 330). We have been able to examine photographs of a syntype, labelled as type, from MNHN including the genitalia slide. This specimen is here designated as the lectotype in order to fix the identity of the species and conserve stability of nomenclature.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="31C1DC3668FF058F6EECE0E904B6605B" pageId="150" pageNumber="151">
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<taxonomicName id="1D1F6569D12072E244FC82175AB2B423" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Cauloecista" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cauloecista chretienella" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="150" pageNumber="151" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chretienella">Cauloecista chretienella</taxonomicName>
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was described from an unstated number of specimens ("♂♂, ♀♀") bred from larvae collected by Al-Mitlawi [
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<normalizedToken id="88D99269E47A2D4F9E4C9491BA3C08FB" originalValue="“Metlaoui”">"Metlaoui"</normalizedToken>
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], central Tunisia (
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<bibRefCitation id="A1D8337E4BAC295BB3F308E87D8012E2" pageId="150" pageNumber="151">Dumont 1928</bibRefCitation>
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). A lectotype was designated by
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<bibRefCitation id="F903633A3E510634AF7A006E61287BE4" author="Viette, P" journalOrPublisher="Revue Francaise de Lepidopterologie" pageId="191" pageNumber="192" pagination="56 - 59" title="Les Microlepidopteres de C. Dumont." volume="13" year="1951">Viette (1951</bibRefCitation>
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: 57). We have been able to examine photographs of this male specimen, incorrectly labelled as holotype, from MNHN. It fully corresponds with
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<taxonomicName id="2C5C87F70AA128D513A650F94A12F0E2" lsidName="M. violacellum" pageId="150" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="violacellum">M. violacellum</taxonomicName>
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both externally and in genitalia and we therefore consider
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<taxonomicName id="B9E5D3A825D97BEC6848EA7D2104ED6C" lsidName="M. chretienella" pageId="150" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="chretienella">M. chretienella</taxonomicName>
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to be a junior synonym of
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<taxonomicName id="1C3D224274B9A6FA5EC4A334C88EAD5D" lsidName="M. violacellum" pageId="150" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="violacellum">M. violacellum</taxonomicName>
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(syn. n.). However, the female labelled allotype belongs to
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<taxonomicName id="3A13041A762371B94430CE04B3DA1E38" lsidName="M. squalida" pageId="150" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="squalida">M. squalida</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="A8892FA0316FE066AD9D34DA32DA0287" lastPageId="151" lastPageNumber="152" pageId="150" pageNumber="151">
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<taxonomicName id="B6CC58BE5D5014C2CC24972C6225B87A" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Cauloecista" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cauloecista halfella" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="150" pageNumber="151" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="halfella">Cauloecista halfella</taxonomicName>
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was described from two females bred from larvae collected by Al-Mitlawi [
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<normalizedToken id="35BEC5519603EABF776E9A2CFCC36511" originalValue="“Metlaoui”">"Metlaoui"</normalizedToken>
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], in central Tunisia (
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<bibRefCitation id="B38FFE67594BAB9C99074651BE11C198" pageId="150" pageNumber="151">Dumont 1928</bibRefCitation>
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). A lectotype was designated by
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<bibRefCitation id="8AC05AEE5CF1CD6B363C2FDA56DA96FD" author="Viette, P" journalOrPublisher="Revue Francaise de Lepidopterologie" pageId="191" pageNumber="192" pagination="56 - 59" title="Les Microlepidopteres de C. Dumont." volume="13" year="1951">Viette (1951</bibRefCitation>
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: 57). We have been able to examine photographs of it which correspond with males of
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<taxonomicName id="F6B7D26F3B84DBCF386873A0F5132F94" lsidName="M. violacellum" pageId="150" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="violacellum">M. violacellum</taxonomicName>
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in wing markings and colour. Furthermore type-material of
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<taxonomicName id="2079EE9F1FFBB26E3CD0396AFF847722" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Cauloecista" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cauloecista chretienella" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="150" pageNumber="151" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chretienella">Cauloecista chretienella</taxonomicName>
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(=
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<taxonomicName id="27490D83D0664D422FB38F14F398E7F3" lsidName="M. violacellum" pageId="150" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="violacellum">M. violacellum</taxonomicName>
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) and
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<taxonomicName id="6F21A144B52E2D72D240F6FE850E3CD5" lsidName="C. halfella" pageId="150" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="halfella">C. halfella</taxonomicName>
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was described from the same locality and bred from the same host plants without any
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<taxonomicName id="0B8167D00B4A0E2B32D8AB0132E2861D" genus="Sucina" lsidName="Sucina remarks" pageId="150" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="remarks">remarks</taxonomicName>
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as
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<pageBreakToken id="D5B078CB1D4B74B3BBBCE367EB39970B" pageId="151" pageNumber="152" start="start">to</pageBreakToken>
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differences in the biology. We therefore consider
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<taxonomicName id="5339FE508B12B58AACA0200E904CF832" lsidName="M. halfella" pageId="151" pageNumber="152" rank="species" species="halfella">M. halfella</taxonomicName>
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to be a further junior synonym of
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<taxonomicName id="9419710EC93E86549F7612D7E85B4F51" lsidName="M. violacellum" pageId="151" pageNumber="152" rank="species" species="violacellum">M. violacellum</taxonomicName>
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(syn. n.).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="E98802EC84FEBD66434CB873CF3F139B" pageId="151" pageNumber="152">
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<taxonomicName id="1649258A00534513CC6235A9784C95F9" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Mesophleps" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mesophleps arnaldi" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="151" pageNumber="152" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="arnaldi">Mesophleps arnaldi</taxonomicName>
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was described from two specimens collected by G.
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<normalizedToken id="CCBCB6C49A4CF04BD33A3B59DA23C77E" originalValue="Krüger">Krueger</normalizedToken>
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at Az
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('
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<taxonomicName id="3C04BDE6D827F47BA9401E6AE9108CCE" genus="Zuetina" lsidName="Zuetina" pageId="151" pageNumber="152" rank="genus">Zuetina</taxonomicName>
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'), Libya (
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<bibRefCitation id="40B4A3BCC5A33BC37F9F65D259770E67" author="Turati, E" journalOrPublisher="Memorie della Societa Entomologica Italiana" pageId="191" pageNumber="192" pagination="55 - 77" title="Contributi alla fauna cirenaica. Novita di Lepidotterologia." volume="15" year="1936">
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Turati and
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<normalizedToken id="272E88ED2652FE19694363A914E83CFA" originalValue="Krüger">Krueger</normalizedToken>
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1936
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</bibRefCitation>
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: 76). A lectotype was published by
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<bibRefCitation id="973EE9DD6F204F80C1F482A4C6F751C5" author="Li, H" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="189" pageNumber="190" pagination="1 - 82" title="A taxonomic revision of the genus Mesophleps Huebner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)." volume="3373" year="2012">Li and Sattler (2012</bibRefCitation>
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: 56), who also transferred
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<taxonomicName id="A681C2C7DA59B263DC333A395B705F26" genus="Zuetina" lsidName="Zuetina arnaldi" pageId="151" pageNumber="152" rank="species" species="arnaldi">arnaldi</taxonomicName>
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from
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<taxonomicName id="99E13DF0635D10A9AEA8F59BC4281B7B" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Mesophleps" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mesophleps" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="151" pageNumber="152" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Mesophleps</taxonomicName>
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to
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<taxonomicName id="60CDEE3ADFCFC8CA62A2E3DA31C4E8A0" class="Insecta" family="Gelechiidae" genus="Megacraspedus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Megacraspedus" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="151" pageNumber="152" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Megacraspedus</taxonomicName>
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. These authors also suggested the synonymy of
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<taxonomicName id="18ABA37FDD09E1BB5D934FE4E4CC83CE" lsidName="M. arnaldi" pageId="151" pageNumber="152" rank="species" species="arnaldi">M. arnaldi</taxonomicName>
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with
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<taxonomicName id="BCB972516DE76E63E0EDD2024DA3286E" lsidName="M. violacellum" pageId="151" pageNumber="152" rank="species" species="violacellum">M. violacellum</taxonomicName>
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without, however, formally synonymising them. We examined the lectotype of
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<taxonomicName id="DAD69A8A47C32F2D22CFED8AF0790E0E" lsidName="M. arnaldi" pageId="151" pageNumber="152" rank="species" species="arnaldi">M. arnaldi</taxonomicName>
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and consider it to be a junior synonym of
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<taxonomicName id="BFA8BEE8360C81ECAF0162D546D4EE14" lsidName="M. violacellum" pageId="151" pageNumber="152" rank="species" species="violacellum">M. violacellum</taxonomicName>
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(syn. n.).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="9B84E2E3D07CFE4B80F1208B9BBBF368" pageId="151" pageNumber="152">
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A single male specimen from Sbeidla, Tunisia, coll. C. S. Larsen (ZMUC) was dissected by D
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<normalizedToken id="77B96009142CEE986BDF3F9C60F2CA8F" originalValue="Povolný">Povolny</normalizedToken>
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. However, whereas the adult matches a faded
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<taxonomicName id="D1648663C7E07E5942BA74326E41DB18" lsidName="M. violacellum" pageId="151" pageNumber="152" rank="species" species="violacellum">M. violacellum</taxonomicName>
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the (remounted) genitalia correspond with
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<taxonomicName id="4EB2E53BF6EAE25B4740660F19A2CA02" lsidName="M. glaberipalpus" pageId="151" pageNumber="152" rank="species" species="glaberipalpus">M. glaberipalpus</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. which belongs to a different species group. We believe that a mix up of slides has probably happened during preparation or labelling.
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