A revision of the Elachista dispilella complex (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae)
Author
Kaila, Lauri
Author
Baran, Tomasz
Author
Mutanen, Marko
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Zootaxa
2015
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10.11646/zootaxa.3963.4.3
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Elachista teruelensis
Traugott-Olsen, 1990
Elachista teruelensis
Traugott-Olsen, 1990
: 65
Material.
Not examined.
Diagnosis.
According to the illustrations provided in the original description,
E. teruelensis
is similar to
E. distigmatella
.
The gnathos is rounded or even wider than long in
E. teruelensis
, oval-shaped in
E. distigmatella
. The female is unknown.
Molecular characterization.
No material was available for genetic study.
Biology.
Unknown.
Distribution.
Spain
.
Remarks.
The species is known from a singleton sufficiently illustrated by Traugott-Olsen, with no further material known to us. More material is needed, preferably with information from DNA, for evaluating whether the status of
E. teruelensis
would be in need of re-consideration.