Coleophora albidorsella Toll, 1942

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 : 153

Coleophora albidorsella Toll, 1942

Barcode Index Number: BOLD:ACS9919

Material studied. 1 ♂ (DNA sample 21836 Lepid Phyl) High Atlas , Taroudant 27 km NW, 670 m, 29.IV.2013, J. Tabell leg.; 2 ♂ (DNA sample 27451 Lepid Phyl) Agadir Prov., Agadir 8 km NNW, 140 m, 11.IV.2015, J. Tabell leg.; 1 ♀ Anti-Atlas, Tiznit Prov., Tafraout 24 km SW, 1125 m, 13.IV.2015, J. Tabell leg. (all coll. TAB) ; 1 ♂ (GP 11983 ZT) Guelmim 10 km NE, 500 m, 10.–11.IV.2013; 1 ♀ (GP 11991 ZT), 1 ex., Anti Atlas Mts., Adar vill. 4 km NE, 1800 m, 13.–14.IV.2013, Z. Tokár leg. (all coll. TOK) ; 1 ♂ (GP 21870 IgR) Taliouine 8 km NW, 1100 m, 12.IV.2013; 1 ♂ (GP 21863 IgR) Jbel Rhart Mts. , Zaona-Tafetchna 5 km SW, 1200 m, 15.IV.2013; 1 ♂ (GP 21851 IgR) Middle Atlas Mts., 1900 m, 32°35.96‘ N 04°30.29’ W 17.IV.2013, Ľ. Srnka leg., I. Richter det. (all coll. SRN) .

Molecular data. The nearest neighbour is the Nearctic C. ramitella Landry, 1994, with an 8.02 % divergence. The barcodes of C. albidorsella exhibit 0.64 % maximum intraspecific variation (n=2).

Distribution: Iran, Israel, United Arab Emirates, Canary Islands: Fuerteventura, La Palma ( van der Wolf, 2009), Morocco. New to Africa and Morocco.