Coleophora stenidella Toll, 1952

Tabell, Jukka, Kullberg, Jaakko, Mutanen, Marko, Tokár, Zdenko & Sihvonen, Pasi, 2023, New and little known Coleophora Hübner, 1822 species from Morocco. Part I (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae), Zootaxa 5374 (2), pp. 151-195 : 171

Coleophora stenidella Toll, 1952

Barcode Index Number: BOLD:ACY5645

Figs. 26, 47, 48, 61

Material studied. 1 ♂ (GP 5449 J. Tabell, DNA sample 25396 ), 2 ♀ (GP 5437 J. Tabell, DNA sample 24533 Lepid Phyl; DNA sample 24534 Lepid Phyl) Anti-Atlas, Tiznit Prov., Tafraout 24 km SW, 1125 m, 13.IV.2015, J. Tabell leg. (coll. TAB) ; 1 ♂ (GP 14228 ZT), 3 ♀ (GP 11946 , 14226-7 ZT) + 17 exx., Anti Atlas Mts., Adar vill. 4 km NE, 1800 m, 13.–14.IV.2013, Z. Tokár leg., J. Tabell & Z. Tokár det. (coll. TOK) ; 1 ♀ (GP 21864 IgR) Jbel Rhart Mts., Zaona-Tafetchna 5 km SW, 1200 m, 15.IV.2013 ; 5 ♀ (GP 21853-57 IgR) Middle Atlas Mts., 1900 m, 32°35.96‘ N 04°30.29’ W, 17.IV.2013, Ľ. Srnka leg., Z. Tokár det. (coll. SRN) .

A small series of both sexes enables us to describe the female genitalia. The DNA results confirm that the male and female specimens are conspecific.

Molecular data. The nearest neighbour is C. narbonensis Baldizzone, 1990, with a 2.98 % divergence. The barcodes of C. stenidella exhibit 0.31 % maximum intraspecific variation (n=3).

Abdominal structures. No tergal latero-posterior bar. Transverse bar slightly curved, both edges sclerotized. Tergal sclerite 4x as long as wide, covered with 17–20 conical spines (on T3).

Female genitalia. Papilla analis oval, narrow, covered with long bristles. Anterior apophysis slightly longer than sterigma, straight, posterior apophysis 2x as long as anterior one. Sterigma trapezoidal, proximally as wide as long, distally markedly tapered, distal fifth covered with short bristles, medial excavation narrow and small, oval, distal half edged by spines. Ostium deeply U-shaped, situated at 2/3 on sterigma. Colliculum sack-shaped, elongate, as long as sterigma, evenly expanded anteriorly. Ductus bursae membranous, narrow and long; spinose section slightly longer than sterigma, slightly tapered anteriorly, with two laminas. Corpus bursae round, signum leaf-shaped.

Distribution. Algeria, Morocco. New to Morocco.

Note. In the original illustration by Toll the valvula is markedly different; it is larger and situated differently. However, this is an artefact, and the photo of the holotype, sent to us by G. Baldizzone, corresponds well with the specimen illustrated here.