New and little known Coleophora Hübner, 1822 species from Morocco. Part I (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae) Author Tabell, Jukka 0000-0002-3477-5360 Laaksotie 28, FI- 19600 Hartola, Finland. jukka.tabell@phnet.fi Author Kullberg, Jaakko 0009-0007-8558-4947 Tuulikuja 2, FI- 02100 Espoo, Finland. jaakko.kullberg@gmail.com Author Mutanen, Marko 0000-0003-4464-6308 Ecology and Genetics Research Unit, Po Box 3000, FI- 90014 University of Oulu, Finland. marko.mutanen@oulu.fi Author Tokár, Zdenko 0000-0002-2787-7190 P. J. Šafárika 11, SK- 92700 Šaľa, Slovakia. zdeno.tokar@gmail.com Author Sihvonen, Pasi 0000-0003-2237-9325 Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, P. O. Box 17, FI- 00014, Finland. pasi.sihvonen@helsinki.fi text Zootaxa 2023 2023-11-16 5374 2 151 195 https://mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5374.2.1/52284 journal article 278561 10.11646/zootaxa.5374.2.1 7429bc3f-82d3-4ad9-b570-18665af7831b 1175-5326 10148092 D73FADAD-514B-4BE8-87B9-F4E66FD21406 Coleophora alacanta Tabell, 2013 Barcode Index Number: BOLD:AAZ0938 Material studied. 1 ♂ ( GP 11952 ZT ) Guelmim , 10 km NE , 500 m , 10.–11.IV.2013 , Z. Tokár leg. & det. (coll. TOK ) ; 1 ♂ ( GP 21859 IgR ) Tifnit 2 km S , 50 m , 9.IV.2013 , Ľ. Srnka leg., Z. Tokár det. (coll. SRN ) ; 1 ♂ ( GP 13958 ZT ) Middle Atlas Mts. , 1900 m , 32°35.960’N , 04°30.290’W , 17.IV.2013 , Z. Tokár leg. & det. (coll. TOK ) . Molecular data. Moroccan C. alacanta specimens have not been barcoded. According to Spanish specimens the nearest neighbour is a Turkish so far unnamed species close to C. congeriella Staudinger, 1859 (Barcode Index Number: BOLD:AAY9863), with a 2.98 % divergence. The barcodes of C. alacanta exhibit 0.31 % maximum intraspecific variation (n=4). Distribution. Spain, Morocco. New to Morocco and Africa.