Coleophora perplexella Toll, 1960

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 : 155

Coleophora perplexella Toll, 1960

Barcode Index Number: BOLD:AEF9109

Material studied. 27 ♂ (GP 5070 J. Tabell, DNA sample 21968 Lepid Phyl; DNA sample 21967 Lepid Phyl [barcoding failed]), 1 ♀ (GP 5088 J. Tabell) Middle Atlas, Azrou 3 km NW, 1240 m, 7.V.2013 at 7–7.30 am, J. Tabell leg., G. Baldizzone det. (coll. TAB); 3 ♂ Meknès-Tafilalet, Azrou , 33°28´14´´: -5°14´43´´, 1260 m, 5.V.2011, J. & A. Kullberg leg. (coll. MZH) .

Molecular data. The nearest neighbour is C. fretella Zeller, 1847 with an 8.08 % divergence. There exists a 1.6 % barcode gap between the Spanish and Moroccan specimens, which may indicate cryptic diversity.

Distribution. Algeria, France, Morocco, Portugal, Sardinia, Spain, Tunisia ( Tautel & Nel 2009). Reported for the first time from Morocco by Baldizzone et al. (2006).

Note. Males collected by JT were swarming in the morning between 7:00–7:30 (summer time), the female was detected in copula. Not a single adult was captured at night by light.