Epiblema bonifaciensis Nel, Varenne & Peslier, 2020

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 : 317

Epiblema bonifaciensis Nel, Varenne & Peslier, 2020

Epiblema bonifaciensis Nel, Varenne & Peslier 2020: 71 , figs. 19–21.

Examined material. Holotype Ƌ: France, Corse-du-Sud , Bonifacio, 80 m, uv, 6.VI.2019, Th. Varenne leg., genitalia slide TV n°6964 ( RCTV).

BOLD Specimen ID TLMF 28240; BOLD Sequence ID PALEA230-20.

BIN: not barcode compliant.

Identity: Epiblema bonifaciensis Nel, Varenne & Peslier 2020 , identity uncertain.

Remarks. Epiblema bonifaciensis was described from a single male holotype and compared with several congeneric species, particularly the closest taxon E. graphana (Treitschke, 1835) ( Nel et al 2020). The DNA barcode of the successfully sequenced holotype is not barcode compliant and ca. 1.4% divergent from the nearest neighbour, E. graphana . The latter species shows considerable intraspecific barcode variation with altogether three BINs, and E. bonifaciensis nests in a group near the most widespread cluster. The small differences in male genitalia and also in the later described female ( Varenne et al. 2020) may be due to individual variation and distortion of genitalia (female ostium), and require careful re-assessment in the context of a revision of the intraspecific variation of E. graphana .