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Microlechia chretieni Turati, 1924

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Higher taxa: Gelechiidae (family)/  Gelechiinae (subfamily)/  Gnorimoschemini (tribe)/  Microlechia (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:Turati, 1924
Citation:[Microlechia] chretieni n. sp.
Original genus:Microlechia
Publication:Turati E. 1924. Spedizione lepidotterologica in Cirenaica 1921–1922.
Journal:Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Volume:63
Issue:1–2
Pagination:163, fig. 6; pl. 6, fig. 5
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Microlechia chretieni Turati, 1924 Syntype unknown MNHN 3 Syntypes, MSNM, MNHN. Libya [Libya], Cyrenaica, Bengasi, 15.ii.
Distribution note:

Palaearctic: Canary Islands, S France, Greece (Crete), S Iran, Israel, Libya, Madeira, W Pakistan, Palestine, Spain, Tunisia.

Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Microlechia chretieni Turati, 1924 Mozambique Bidzilya O. V. 2007. Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea). page 103 (as microcasis)
Microlechia chretieni Turati, 1924 Namibia Janse A. J. T. 1960. The Moths of South Africa. VI. Gelechiadae. page 197 (as polioptera)
Microlechia chretieni Turati, 1924 Saudi Arabia Povolný D. 1978a. A revision of the genus Megalocypha Janse (Lep., Gel.). page 47 (as microcasis)
Microlechia chretieni Turati, 1924 South Africa Eastern Cape Bidzilya O. V. 2019. Gelechiidae (Gelechioidea). – In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. page 274
Microlechia chretieni Turati, 1924 South Africa Western Cape Janse A. J. T. 1960. The Moths of South Africa. VI. Gelechiadae. page 197 (as polioptera)
Plant note:

Description of the larva in C. Dumont (1932: 714–715, as abzacella).

Dumont C. 1932. Les Lépidoptères des gommiers du Nord de l'Afrique.
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Microlechia chretieni Turati, 1924 Hyoscyamus aureus Solanaceae Israel Amsel H. G. 1935a. Neue palästinensische Lepidopteren. page 299 (as hyoscyami)
Microlechia chretieni Turati, 1924 Hyoscyamus sp. Solanaceae Povolný D. 1978a. A revision of the genus Megalocypha Janse (Lep., Gel.). page 44 (as microcasis)
Microlechia chretieni Turati, 1924 Lycium europaeum Solanaceae Walsingham Thomas de Grey 1900d. New Corsican and French Micro-Lepidoptera page 218 (as micradelpha)
Microlechia chretieni Turati, 1924 Lycium intricatum Solanaceae Klimesch J. 1984. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Microlepidopteren-Fauna des Kanarischen Archipels. 6. Beitrag: Gelechiidae. page 156
Microlechia chretieni Turati, 1924 Lycium sp. Solanaceae Povolný D. 1978a. A revision of the genus Megalocypha Janse (Lep., Gel.). page 44 (as microcasis)
Microlechia chretieni Turati, 1924 Solanum sp. Solanaceae Povolný D. 1980. Insects of Saudi Arabia. Lepidoptera: Fam. Gelechiidae: Tribus Gnorimoschemini. page 243 (as microcasis)
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Microlechia abzacella (Dumont, 1932) (Dumont, 1932) species Synonym Hedma abzacella
Microlechia aellographa (Janse, 1960) (Janse, 1960) species Synonym Ephysteris aellographa
Microlechia hyoscyamella Amsel & Hering, 1931 Amsel & Hering, 1931 species Synonym Microlechia hyoscyamella
Microlechia hyoscyami (Amsel, 1935) (Amsel, 1935) species Synonym Teleia hyoscyami
Microlechia micradelpha (Walsingham, 1900) (Walsingham, 1900) species Misapplied Gelechia micradelpha
Microlechia microcasis (Meyrick, 1929) (Meyrick, 1929) species Synonym Phthorimaea microcasis
Microlechia polioptera (Janse, 1960) (Janse, 1960) species Synonym Megalocypha polioptera