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
EAFCA1C4-7C08-487F-BA6E-DD74D0A33E19
Stigmella cyrneorolandi
Nel & Varenne, 2013
Stigmella cyrneorolandi
Nel & Varenne 2013c: 18
, figs. 1–3.
Examined material.
Holotype
Ƌ:
France
,
Corse-du-Sud
,
Linguizetta
,
2 m
,
6.X.2012
, uv,
Th. Varenne
leg., genitalia slide TV n°5215 (
RCTV
).
BOLD Specimen ID
TLMF
28229; BOLD Sequence ID PALEA219-20.
BIN: BOLD:ACC2707
Identity:
Stigmella rolandi
van
Nieukerken, 1990
,
syn. nov.
(
Fig. 1
)
Remarks.
Stigmella cyrneorolandi
was described from a male
holotype
and compared with
Stigmella rolandi
and other species in the
S. sanguisorbae
group. We obtained a short sequence of 307 bp that is more than 99% similar to most specimens of
S. rolandi
, that all fall in the same BIN. The described difference is mainly in the tip of the valvae, that may be either damaged or deformed in the Corsican specimen (we did not study the slide). The description did not mention the important character of male
S. rolandi
, the very long hairpencil on the hindwing and the associated groove in the forewing underside scaling (van
Nieukerken 1990
), but the upperside photo just shows some of the long hairs extending beyond the right forewing. We consider
S. cyrneorolandi
as synonym of
S. rolandi
. This species is widespread in the southern half of Europe from
Spain
eastwards to west Siberia. It also occurs on Sardinia.