1. Falter

2. Diagnose

2.1. Erstbeschreibung

1: Meyrick (1926: 272) [nach Copyright-freiem Scan auf www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Biologie

3.1. Nahrung der Raupe

• Macrochloa tenacissima [= Stipa tenacissima] (Halfagras, Espartogras) [Poaceae]

Huemer & Karsholt (2018) stelen fest: "The ‘allotype’ of Cauloecista chretienella Dumont, 1928 has proved to belong to M. squalida (see remarks on M. violacellum). It was bred from Macrochloa tenacissima (Loefl. ex L.) (Dumont 1928)."

4. Weitere Informationen

4.1. Synonyme

• Megacraspedus escalerellus A. Schmidt, 1941 [K.+R.-Nr. 03220] [synonymisiert durch Huemer & Karsholt (2018)]

4.2. Taxonomie

Huemer & Karsholt (2018) schreiben: "Megacraspedus squalida was described from one female collected by Ribbe in the Sierra Nevada, Spain (Meyrick 1926). The holotype and its genitalia were figured by Clarke (1969: 229, fig 3a, b). Megacraspedus escalerellus was described from one specimen collected in Montarco, province of Madrid, Spain on 20th September 1920 (Schmidt 1941). The holotype fully corresponds with M. squalida and we thus consider M. escalerellus to be a junior synonym of the former (syn. n.)."

4.3. Faunistik

Die aus Spanien beschriebene Art wurde auch in Tunesien nachgewiesen.

(Autor: Erwin Rennwald)

4.4. Literatur

• Typus-Abbildung: Gates Clarke, J. F. (1969): Catalogue of the Type Specimens of Microlepidoptera in the British Museum (Natural History) described by Edward Meyrick 7: 1-531 [pl. 1-265 innerhalb dieser Paginierung]. London. — Digitalisat auf archive.org: [228-229 mit pl. 114].
• Huemer, P. & O. Karsholt (2018): Revision of the genus Megacraspedus Zeller, 1839, a challenging taxonomic tightrope of species delimitation (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae). — Zookeys, 800: 1-278. [https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.800.26292] (29 Nov 2018) [zum open-access-Artikel auf zookeys.pensoft.net]
• Erstbeschreibung: Meyrick, E. (1923-1930): Exotic Microlepidoptera 3: 1-640. [London] (Taylor and Francis).
• Beschreibung als Megacraspedus escalerellus: Schmidt, A. (1941): Neue Spanische Microlepidopteren. — Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 38: 37-39, pl. II. — Digitalisat der Biblioteca Digital del Real Jardín Botánico (CSIC): [38], [39], [pl. II].

4.5. Informationen auf anderen Websites (externe Links)

• [BOLD Systems (als M. escalerellus)]