Identity of some recently described Lepidoptera from France-re-assessed with DNA barcodes and morphology
Author
Huemer, Peter
Tiroler Landesmuseen Betriebsges. m. b. H., Sammlungs- und Forschungszentrum, Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen, Krajnc-Str. 1, A- 6060 Hall, Austria
Author
Van Nieukerken, Erik J.
0000-0002-5721-1840
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, PO Box 9517, NL- 2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5721 - 1840 Corresponding author. p. huemer @ tiroler-landesmuseen. at; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0630 - 545 X
p.huemer@tiroler-landesmuseen.at
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-03-09
4941
3
301
337
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4941.3.1
1175-5326
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Isophrictis lineatella littorella
Varenne, Nel & Peslier, 2020
Isophrictis lineatella littorella
Nel, Varenne & Peslier 2020: 66
, figs. 1, 3–4, 7, 9.
Examined material.
Holotype
Ƌ:
France
,
Pyrénées-Orientales
,
Canet-en-Roussilon
, beach,
2 m
,
19.V.2007
,
Th. Varenne
leg., genitalia slide JN n°34029 (
RCTV
).
BOLD Specimen ID
TLMF
28245; BOLD Sequence ID PALEA235-20.
BIN: BOLD:AEC5068
Identity:
Isophrictis lineatella littorella
Varenne, Nel & Peslier, 2020
, identity uncertain.
Remarks.
Isophrictis lineatella littorella
was described from five males, a single female and specimens without information on sex (
Nel
et al.
2020
). We have been able to obtain a full barcode sequence of a
paratype
from
Corsica
which clusters separately from material collected in
Italy
(country of type locality of
lineatella
) and
Spain
. Unfortunately
Nel
et al.
(2020)
did not figure the
holotype
of
ssp.
littorella
from mainland
France
but only
paratypes
from
Corsica
, and it is therefore impossible to assess the status of this taxon with certainty. Cryptic diversity seems not unlikely from the three currently known barcode clusters.