First record and DNA barcoding of Donacaula niloticus (Zeller, 1867) from the Iberian Peninsula (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) Author Guerrero, Juan J Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain Author Pozas, Manuel Bahia de Cadiz, 9, Rota, Spain Author Ortiz, Antonio S https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3877-6096 Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain aortiz@um.es text Biodiversity Data Journal 2021 2021-11-16 9 70193 70193 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e70193 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e70193 1314-2828-9-e70193 239CB9A80C76541B92D0FAE30EACF14F Donacaula niloticus (Zeller, 1867) Schoenobius niloticus Zeller 1867 : 462, pl. 24, fig. 2. Donacaula niloticus Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: J.J. Guerrero ; individualCount: 1 ; sex: female ; lifeStage: adult ; disposition: in collection; Taxon : scientificName: Donacaula niloticus (Zeller, 1867); kingdom: Animalia ; phylum: Arthropoda ; class: Insecta ; order: Lepidoptera ; family: Crambidae ; genus: Donacaula ; specificEpithet: niloticus; taxonRank: species; verbatimTaxonRank: sp.; scientificNameAuthorship: (Zeller, 1867); taxonomicStatus: accepted; Location : country: Spain ; stateProvince: Andalusia ; county: Cadiz ; locality: Trebujena , Saltmarshes of Adventus , Seno de la Esparraguera ; verbatimCoordinates: 36°53'31.20"N 6°15'36.00"W ; verbatimLatitude: 36°53'31.20"N ; verbatimLongitude: 6°15'36.00"W ; Identification: identifiedBy: J.J. Guerrero ; dateIdentified: 2020; Event: samplingProtocol: light trap ; eventDate: 08/09/2020 ; year: 2020; month: 9; day: 8; Record Level: institutionCode: ZAF-UMU; collectionCode: RCBA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Taxon discussion The Iberian specimen showed morphological traits (Figs 1 , 2 ) typical of European individuals of Donacaula niloticus according to the diagnosis in Goater et al. (2005) , Slamka (2008) and Leraut (2012) . These diagnostic characters, compared to the other European species of Donacaula , are for the male: forewing with dark brownish line from the costal margin to approximately the centre of the wing, parallel to the outer margin; and for the female: forewing with white discocellular spot and apex non-pointed. Integrating the evidence from COI mitochondrial DNA sequences and adult morphology, we conclude that the D. niloticus specimen collected in the saltmarshes of Adventus ( Cadiz ) is genetically different to other species included in the genus Donacaula from Europe and North America.