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<emphasis id="B946EAF7A65F4A0CFF2FF9DC328EF9F9" bold="true" box="[151,418,1545,1571]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">Mesophleps tephrastis</emphasis>
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Labial palpus recurved, segment 2 with large, sub-triangular, anteriorly-directed tuft, 3 long, recurved. Fore wing ochreous yellow, fuscous or grey, with or without indistinct markings. Pregenital abdomen with transverse bands of microtrichia on anterior margins of TIVVII (
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); segments VIII (
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) and VII (
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) usually unremarkable.
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<emphasis id="B946EAF7A65F4A0CFF71F960321BF914" bold="true" box="[201,311,1717,1742]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">Genitalia</emphasis>
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(
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). Uncus variable, long, tapered or sub-rectangular; gnathos arms connate or fused to one; tegumen unremarkable, sometimes long, anterior margin concave, pedunculi simple, curved; valva simple; vinculum distally broad, posterior margin more strongly sclerotized medially, notched or extended to pair of bumps or processes; phallus typical of genus.
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<emphasis id="B946EAF7A65F4A0CFF71F890321BF884" bold="true" box="[201,311,1861,1886]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">Genitalia</emphasis>
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(
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,
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,
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). Papillae anales specialized, long, narrow, well sclerotized, moderately set with relatively short sensory setae; apophyses posteriores and anteriores long; antrum variable, sometimes with long, narrow sclerotization; ductus bursae narrow, at most length of apophyses anteriores, corpus bursae large, oval to elongate, ductus seminalis from cervix bursae near entrance of ductus bursae, surface of cervix bursae set with microtrichia.
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<emphasis id="B946EAF7A65C4A0FFF71FF4D3210FF6A" bold="true" box="[201,316,152,176]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" reason="1">Remarks.</emphasis>
Most of the fifteen Australian species placed in
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, in the Australian checklist (
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) are closely related and constitute a distinct species-group within
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<emphasis id="B946EAF7A65C4A0FFB22FF69360CFF0E" box="[1178,1312,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Mesophleps</emphasis>
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. However, the type-species
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<emphasis id="B946EAF7A65C4A0FFEEAFF3432EAFF2D" box="[338,454,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">X. crocina</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA34B14A65C4A0FFE74FF0A3158FF2D" author="Meyrick, E." box="[460,628,223,247]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" pagination="255 - 441" refId="ref53748" refString="Meyrick, E. (1904) Descriptions of Australian Microlepidoptera. XVIII. Gelechiadae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 29, 255 - 441." type="journal article" year="1904">Meyrick, 1904</bibRefCitation>
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, is not part of this group but is referable to the
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<emphasis id="B946EAF7A65C4A0FFB3AFF343639FF22" box="[1154,1301,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">M. palpigera</emphasis>
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-group. One species,
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<emphasis id="B946EAF7A65C4A0FFF41FED03280FEC6" box="[249,428,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">X. mesophracta</emphasis>
(
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)
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, has to be removed to
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,
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, although no suitable genus can currently be suggested.
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<emphasis id="B946EAF7A65C4A0FFD9EFEFC3190FE9A" box="[550,700,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">X. acromelas</emphasis>
(
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)
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is here transferred to
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<emphasis id="B946EAF7A65C4A0FFBD1FEFD37D6FE9A" box="[1129,1274,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Pycnobathra</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA34B14A65C4A0FFABCFEFD36BBFEE5" author="Lower, O. B." box="[1284,1431,295,319]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" pagination="63 - 98" refId="ref53566" refString="Lower, O. B. (1901) Descriptions of new genera and species of Australian Lepidoptera. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 25, 63 - 98." type="journal article" year="1901">Lower, 1901</bibRefCitation>
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, whilst
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<emphasis id="B946EAF7A65C4A0FFF5AFE9932E1FEBE" box="[226,461,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Ypsolophus argonota</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA34B14A65C4A0FFE6CFE993148FEBE" author="Lower, O. B." box="[468,612,332,356]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" pagination="63 - 98" refId="ref53566" refString="Lower, O. B. (1901) Descriptions of new genera and species of Australian Lepidoptera. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 25, 63 - 98." type="journal article" year="1901">Lower, 1901</bibRefCitation>
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, is transferred from
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<emphasis id="B946EAF7A65C4A0FFCFFFE9930F4FEBE" box="[839,984,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Pycnobathra</emphasis>
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(in the Australian list incorrectly placed as a junior synonym of
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<emphasis id="B946EAF7A65C4A0FFE27FEA5317CFE52" box="[415,592,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Megacraspedus</emphasis>
Zeller, 1839
</taxonomicName>
) to
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<emphasis id="B946EAF7A65C4A0FFCB4FEA530BEFE52" box="[780,914,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Mesophleps</emphasis>
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. The genus
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<emphasis id="B946EAF7A65C4A0FFBA3FEA537E0FE52" box="[1051,1228,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Megacraspedus</emphasis>
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is restricted to the Palaearctic Region and is not represented in the Australian fauna. The generic position of
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<emphasis id="B946EAF7A65C4A0FFB23FE40367AFE76" box="[1179,1366,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">M. calamogonus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA34B14A65C4A0FFAE7FE413227FE15" author="Meyrick, E." pageId="50" pageNumber="51" pagination="189 - 296" refId="ref53719" refString="Meyrick, E. (1886) Descriptions of Lepidoptera from the South Pacific. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1886, 189 - 296." type="journal article" year="1886">Meyrick, 1886</bibRefCitation>
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, from
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and
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<emphasis id="B946EAF7A65C4A0FFD98FE6C311BFE0A" box="[544,567,441,464]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B946EAF7A65C4A0FFDFEFE6D31A6FE15" box="[582,650,440,463]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">serica</emphasis>
Meyrick, 1909
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, from
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is uncertain, but neither belongs to
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<emphasis id="B946EAF7A65C4A0FFF2FFE093264FE2E" box="[151,328,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Megacraspedus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C328656EA65C4A0FFF71FE2A3130FDCD" box="[201,540,511,536]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph id="8B8D36E5A65C4A0FFF71FE2A3130FDCD" blockId="50.[151,1436,151,572]" box="[201,540,511,536]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">
<emphasis id="B946EAF7A65C4A0FFF71FE2A3205FDC2" bold="true" box="[201,297,511,536]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" reason="1">Biology.</emphasis>
Host-plant unknown.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C328656EA65C4A0FFF71FDF63799FDE6" box="[201,1205,547,572]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8B8D36E5A65C4A0FFF71FDF63799FDE6" blockId="50.[151,1436,151,572]" box="[201,1205,547,572]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">
<emphasis id="B946EAF7A65C4A0FFF71FDF632E7FDE6" box="[201,459,547,572]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" reason="1">
<emphasis id="B946EAF7A65C4A0FFF71FDF63277FDE6" bold="true" box="[201,347,547,572]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Distribution</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="13092A60A65C4A0FFED2FDF13293FDE6" box="[362,447,548,572]" captionStart="FIGURE 24" captionStartId="16.[151,249,1953,1976]" captionTargetBox="[151,1419,216,1932]" captionTargetId="figure-30@16.[151,1436,193,1932]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="FIGURE 24. World distribution of the genus Mesophleps Hübner (East Palaearctic and Indo-Australian regions)." pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Fig. 24</figureCitation>
).
</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="F3257675A65C4A0FFE6AFDF13115FDE6" box="[466,569,548,572]" name="Australia" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Australia</collectingCountry>
(
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,
<collectingRegion id="49F6F807A65C4A0FFCA7FDF130FCFDE6" box="[799,976,548,572]" country="Australia" name="South Australia" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">South Australia</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="49F6F807A65C4A0FFC64FDF13786FDE6" box="[988,1194,548,572]" country="Australia" name="Western Australia" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Western Australia</collectingRegion>
).
</paragraph>
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