Chersotis margaritacea (de Villers, 1789)

Koren, Toni, Podnar, Martina, Vojvoda, Ana Mrnjavčić, Beshkov, Stoyan, Mihoci, Iva & Kučinić, Mladen, 2021, Genus Chersotis Boisduval, 1840 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Croatia with some notes on the other Balkan countries: DNA barcoding, distribution and new records, Ecologica Montenegrina 48, pp. 86-108 : 91-92

Chersotis margaritacea (de Villers, 1789) .

New records: Velebit , Visočica, 13.8.2015, 3 ex., leg. Koren ; Mt. Velebit , Zavižan, 18.8.2017, 12 ex., leg. Koren ; Lička Plješivica (1500 m), 13.08.2008. 2 ex., leg. Mihoci ; Mt. Biokovo , entrance to the nature park, 12.09.2007, 1 ex., leg. Mihoci ; Mt. Biokovo , vrata Biokova, 13.09.2007, 2 ex., leg. Mihoci ; 01.10.2007, 3 ex., leg. Mihoci ; Mt. Biokovo , Podglogovnik, 01.10.2007, 1 ex., leg. Mihoci ; Mt. Biokovo , below Sv. Jure peak, 28.08.1990. 5 ex., leg. Kučinić , 07.08.2007, 1 ex. leg. Mihoci ; 30.8.2018, 2 ex., leg. Koren; Mt. Biokovo , Sv. Jure peak, 07.08.2007, 1 ex., leg. Mihoci ; Mt. Biokovo , Kotišina, 30.09.1995, 1 ex., leg. Vajdić ; Mt. Biokovo , Lađena, 27.09.1995., 1 ex., leg. Vajdić ; Mt. Biokovo , meadow at 1083 m, 29.08.1990, 2 ex., leg. Kučinić ; Mt. Biokovo , Silnji gozd, permanent plot, 14.09.1990, 2 ex., leg. Kučinić , 30.8.2018, 3 ex., leg. Koren.

Genetic data: Croatian sample CROB513 belonging to Ch. margaritacea shares the haplotype with Austrian (ABOLA900-15, ABOLB529-15, LEATD628-13, LEATD629-13), French (LENOA110-11, PHLAA406-09) and Italian (LEATB740-13 LEATB741-13) individuals. Together with remaining Ch. margaritacea samples originated from Croatia, Austria, Germany and France it clustered within clade well supported by BS, but moderately by BPP values. The intraspecific distances ranged from 0.2 to 1.1 %.