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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Stomopteryx spathulella
Nel, Varenne &
Labonne, 2019
Stomopteryx spathulella
Nel, Varenne &
Labonne 2019: 14
, figs. 1A, 2, 5–7.
Examined material.
Holotype
Ƌ:
France
,
Alpes-Maritimes
,
Courségoules
,
945 m
,
06.VII.1995
,
Th. Varenne
leg., genitalia slide JN n°4082 (
RCTV
).
BOLD Specimen ID
TLMF
28201; BOLD Sequence ID PALEA191-20.
BIN: none
Identity:
Stomopteryx spathulella
Nel, Varenne &
Labonne, 2019
, identity uncertain.
Remarks.
Stomopteryx spathulella
was described from several specimens of both sexes (Nel
et al.
2019). DNA barcoding of the
holotype
failed but the species belongs to an unresolved species complex, reflected in the extraordinarily divergent barcodes comprising eight different BINs as well as differences in phenotype. However, as pointed by Huemer & Karsholt (2020), the whole complex requires thorough revisionary work and a re-evaluation of available names.