Open AccessColeophora sirella Tabell & Mutanen, sp. n. from Finland (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae)
Author(s) -
Jukka Tabell,
Marko Mutanen,
R. Siloaho
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
entomologica fennica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.173
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2489-4966
pISSN - 0785-8760
DOI - 10.33338/ef.82918
Subject(s) - lepidoptera genitalia , biology , larva , botany , dna barcoding , zoology
Coleophora sirella Tabell & Mutanen, sp. n. from Finland is described as new.
The species resemblesmost closely C. glitzella O. Hofmann, 1869, C. murinella
Tengström, 1848 and C. juncicolella Stainton, 1851 but has diagnostic differences
in its life history, external appearance, genitalmorphology as well as DNA
barcode. The new species feeds on Empetrum nigrum L. Adultmale and female,
their genitalia as well as larval case are illustrated, and the known distribution
range is given.DNAbarcodes are provided for the new species and its closestEuropean
relatives.