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Mesophleps is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1825.

Species

• albilinella species group
  • Mesophleps albilinella
  • Mesophleps aspina
  • Mesophleps coffeae
  • Mesophleps nairobiensis
  • Mesophleps parvella
• geodes species group
  • Mesophleps catericta
  • Mesophleps geodes
• gigantella species group
  • Mesophleps gigantella
• palpigera species group
  • Mesophleps acutunca
  • Mesophleps adustipennis
  • Mesophleps bifidella
  • Mesophleps corsicella
  • Mesophleps crocina
  • Mesophleps epiochra
  • Mesophleps ioloncha
  • Mesophleps oxycedrella
  • Mesophleps palpigera
  • Mesophleps safranella
  • Mesophleps silacella
  • Mesophleps sublutiana
  • Mesophleps tabellata
• tephrastis species group
  • Mesophleps apentheta
  • Mesophleps argonota
  • Mesophleps chloranthes
  • Mesophleps cycnobathra
  • Mesophleps macrosemus
  • Mesophleps meliphanes
  • Mesophleps mylicotis
  • Mesophleps ochroloma
  • Mesophleps tephrastis
  • Mesophleps tetrachroa
  • Mesophleps trichombra
• trinotella species group
  • Mesophleps ochracella
  • Mesophleps trinotella
  • Mesophleps unguella
• truncatella species group
  • Mesophleps truncatella
  • Mesophleps undulatella

Associated species

The following species were described in Mesophleps or at one time associated with it or one of its generic synonyms:

• Agonochaetia impunctella (Caradja, 1920)
• Anarsia centrospila Turner, 1919
• Aponoea obtusipalpis Walsingham, 1905
• Dichomeris aprica (Meyrick, 1913)
• Dichomeris sciritis (Meyrick, 1918)
• Megacraspedus arnaldi (Turati & Krüger, 1930)
• Nothris mesophracta Turner, 1919
• Pycnobathra acromelas (Turner, 1919)
• Sarotorna mesoleuca (Lower, 1900)

References

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• Li, H.-h. & K. Sattler, 2012: A taxonomic revision of the genus Mesophleps Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa 3373: 1-82.
• Varewnne, T. & J. Nel, 2011: Description de Mesophleps gallicelle n. sp. et première citation d'Hyperlais cruzae du sud de la France (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae: Anacampsini et Crambidae). Revue de l'Association Roussillonnaise d'Entomologie 20 (2): 56-58.