Elachista anserinelloides Nel, 2003

Huemer, Peter & Van Nieukerken, Erik J., 2021, Identity of some recently described Lepidoptera from France-re-assessed with DNA barcodes and morphology, Zootaxa 4941 (3), pp. 301-337 : 327

Elachista anserinelloides Nel, 2003

Elachista anserinelloides Nel 2003a: 492 , figs. 7–8, 10–11.

Examined material. Holotype Ƌ: France, Var , montagne de Lachens, 1600 m, 11.VII.1995, J. Nel leg., genitalia slide JN n°3843 ( TLMF).

Paratype (“ allotype ”) ♀: France, Alpes-Maritimes , Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey, route D5 vers Coussols, 1200 m, 16.VI.2001, J. Nel leg., genitalia slide JN n°13253 ( TLMF) . Holotype: BOLD Specimen ID TLMF 06747 ; BOLD Sequence ID PHLAG353-12 . Paratype (allotype): BOLD Specimen ID TLMF 06748 ; BOLD Sequence ID PHLAG354-12 .

BIN: BOLD:ABY3837

Identity: Elachista anserinelloides Nel, 2003

Remarks. Elachista anserinelloides was described from a male holotype and six other specimens of both sexes ( Nel 2003a). The species was superficially compared with a larger number of species. We were able to obtain a complete DNA barcode sequence of the holotype, although with 89 ambiguous bases, and a further complete DNA barcode of the paratype published as allotype. Both sequences are largely similar and group within the same BIN, with ca. 2.8% distance to the nearest neighbour in BOLD, Elachista clivella Kaila, 2015 from Russian Altai, a species quite different externally and in genitalia morphology.