Genus Chersotis Boisduval, 1840 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Croatia with some notes on the other Balkan countries: DNA barcoding, distribution and new records Author Koren, Toni Association Hyla, Zagreb, Croatia, Association Hyla, Zagreb, Croatia & E-mail: koren. toni 1 @ gmail. com Author Podnar, Martina Croatian Natural History Museum, Demetrova 1, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia Author Vojvoda, Ana Mrnjavčić Croatian Agency for Agriculture and Food, Gorice 68 b, Zagreb, Croatia Author Beshkov, Stoyan National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria Author Mihoci, Iva Croatian Natural History Museum, Demetrova 1, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia Author Kučinić, Mladen Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia & E-mail: kucinic @ zg. biol. pmf. hr Corresponding author text Ecologica Montenegrina 2021 2021-12-16 48 86 108 http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2021.48.12 journal article 10.37828/em.2021.48.12 2336-9744 Chersotis margaritacea (de Villers, 1789) . New records : Velebit , Visočica , 13.8.2015 , 3 ex. , leg. Koren ; Mt. Velebit , Zavižan , 18.8.2017 , 12 ex. , leg. Koren ; Lička Plješivica ( 1500 m ), 13.08.2008 . 2 ex. , leg. Mihoci ; Mt. Biokovo , entrance to the nature park, 12.09.2007 , 1 ex. , leg. Mihoci ; Mt. Biokovo , vrata Biokova , 13.09.2007 , 2 ex. , leg. Mihoci ; 01.10.2007 , 3 ex. , leg. Mihoci ; Mt. Biokovo , Podglogovnik , 01.10.2007 , 1 ex. , leg. Mihoci ; Mt. Biokovo , below Sv. Jure peak, 28.08.1990 . 5 ex. , leg. Kučinić , 07.08.2007 , 1 ex. leg. Mihoci ; 30.8.2018 , 2 ex. , leg. Koren; Mt. Biokovo , Sv. Jure peak, 07.08.2007 , 1 ex. , leg. Mihoci ; Mt. Biokovo , Kotišina , 30.09.1995 , 1 ex. , leg. Vajdić ; Mt. Biokovo , Lađena , 27.09.1995 ., 1 ex. , leg. Vajdić ; Mt. Biokovo , meadow at 1083 m , 29.08.1990 , 2 ex. , leg. Kučinić ; Mt. Biokovo , Silnji gozd, permanent plot, 14.09.1990 , 2 ex. , leg. Kučinić , 30.8.2018 , 3 ex. , leg. Koren. Genetic data: Croatian sample CROB513 belonging to Ch. margaritacea shares the haplotype with Austrian (ABOLA900-15, ABOLB529-15, LEATD628-13, LEATD629-13), French (LENOA110-11, PHLAA406-09) and Italian (LEATB740-13 LEATB741-13) individuals. Together with remaining Ch. margaritacea samples originated from Croatia , Austria , Germany and France it clustered within clade well supported by BS, but moderately by BPP values. The intraspecific distances ranged from 0.2 to 1.1 %.