Species Mesophleps chloranthes (Lower, 1900)

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• Ypsolophus chloranthes Lower, O.B. 1900. Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 25: 29-51, 403-423 [418].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) SAMA, New South Wales, Broken Hill.
• Nothris centrothetis Meyrick, E. 1904. Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera. XVIII. Gelechiadae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 29: 255-441 [422].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Western Australia, Perth.
• Nothris chloristis Meyrick, E. 1904. Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera. XVIII. Gelechiadae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 29: 255-441 [421].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, WA, Carnarvon.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Li, H. & Sattler, K. 2012. A taxonomic revision of the genus Mesophleps Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa 3373: 1–82 [54]

Generic Combinations

• Xerometra centrothetis (Meyrick, 1904). —
  Meyrick, E. 1925. Lepidoptera Heterocera. Fam. Gelechiadae. Genera Insectorum 184: 1-290, pls 1-5 [170]
• Mesophleps chloranthes (Lower, 1900). —
  Li, H. & Sattler, K. 2012. A taxonomic revision of the genus Mesophleps Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa 3373: 1–82 [54]
• Xerometra chloranthes (Lower, 1900). —
  Meyrick, E. 1925. Lepidoptera Heterocera. Fam. Gelechiadae. Genera Insectorum 184: 1-290, pls 1-5 [170]
• Xerometra chloristis (Meyrick, 1904). —
  Meyrick, E. 1925. Lepidoptera Heterocera. Fam. Gelechiadae. Genera Insectorum 184: 1-290, pls 1-5 [170]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

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