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Mesophleps trinotella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Mesophleps
Species:	M. trinotella
Binomial name
Mesophleps trinotella Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
Synonyms
Crossobela trinotella Mesophleps trinotellus Uncustriodonta trinotella Xystophora aurantiella Rebel, 1915 Crossobela barysphena Meyrick, 1923 Batrachedra subtilipennis Turati, 1924

Mesophleps trinotella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Portugal, Spain (including the Balearic Islands), France, Italy, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Turkey, Morocco, Algeria and Libya, as well as on Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily and Cyprus.

The wingspan is 8–14.5 mm. Adults are on wing from late May to September in one or two generations per year.

References

1. Li, H.-h. & K. Sattler, 2012: A taxonomic revision of the genus Mesophleps Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa 3373: 1-82.

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