Coleophora proterella Wikström & Tabell, a new species belonging to C. virgaureae species-complex (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae)

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https://doi.org/10.57065/shilap.655

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Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae, Coleophora proterella, Coleophora virgaureae species-complex, DNA, new species

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Coleophora proterella Wikström & Tabell, sp. n. is described as new. The new species belongs to the C. virgaureae species-complex. According to the genitalia structures it is closely related to C. obscenella Herrich- Schäffer, 1855, C. virgaureae Stainton, 1857, C. cinerea Toll, 1954, and according to the DNA barcode studies the closest species is C. squamosella Stainton, 1856. Photographs of the adult, genitalia and larval case of the new taxón are provided and the known distribution range is given.

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2016-03-30

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Tabell, J., & Wikström, B. (2016). Coleophora proterella Wikström & Tabell, a new species belonging to C. virgaureae species-complex (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae) . SHILAP Revista De lepidopterología, 44(173), 169–174. https://doi.org/10.57065/shilap.655

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