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
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Trifurcula mediocorsa
Varenne &
Nel, 2017
Trifurcula
(
Levarchama
)
mediocorsa
Varenne &
Nel, 2017: 46
, figs. 1–3.
Examined material.
Holotype
Ƌ:
France
,
Corse-du-Sud
,
Zicavo
,
1360 m
, uv.,
12.VII.2016
,
Th. Varenne
leg., genitalia slide JN n°30723, (
RCTV
)
;
Paratypes
1Ƌ: same data, genitalia slide TV n°6082 (
RCTV
); 1Ƌ: Haute-
Corse
, Santa-Lucia-di-Mercurio,
770 m
, uv.,
6.VII.2013
,
Th. Varenne
leg., genitalia slide TV n°5321(
RCTV
)
.
Paratype
BOLD Specimen ID TV6082; BOLD Sequence ID NEPTA2012-17.
BIN: BOLD:ADI4051
Identity:
Trifurcula mediocorsa
Varenne &
Nel, 2017
Remarks.
Trifurcula mediocorsa
was described from a male
holotype
and two male
paratypes
, and compared with other species in the subgenus
Levarchama
Beirne, 1945
(now the
cryptella
species group). The
holotype
was not sequenced, one of the
paratypes
gave a full barcode, the other one failed. The barcode has a distance of more than 10% to its nearest neighbour,
Trifurcula ortneri
(Klimesch, 1951)
. The genitalia resemble the other species in this species group (van
Nieukerken 2007
), and more study is needed to define diagnostic characters. This is a potential endemic species for
Corsica
.