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
4595123
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Scrobipalpa mercantourica
Varenne & Nel, 2018
Scrobipalpa mercantourica
Varenne & Nel 2018: 12
, figs. 22–24.
Examined material.
Holotype
Ƌ:
France
,
Isola-sur-Tinée
,
2200 m
,
7.VI.2017
,
Th. Varenne
leg., genitalia slide JN n°31726 (
RCTV
).
BOLD Specimen ID
TLMF
25314; BOLD Sequence ID LEGEL368-18.
BIN: BOLD:ACU4764
Identity:
Scrobipalpa mercantourica
Varenne & Nel, 2018
, identity uncertain.
Remarks.
Scrobipalpa mercantourica
was described from a male
holotype
and compared with the morphologically very similar
S. arenbergeri
Povolný, 1973
(
Varenne & Nel 2018
). Both species share the BIN and the successfully sequenced
holotype
is only about 1% divergent to
S. arenbergeri
. However, in consideration of the subtlety of diagnostic genitalia characters and the limited material, we maintain the species status of both taxa for the time being.