Scrobipalpa mercantourica Varenne & Nel, 2018

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 : 326

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4941.3.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EAFCA1C4-7C08-487F-BA6E-DD74D0A33E19
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4595277
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CC87D5-B24B-DF16-FF36-FB13FEAB8A88
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scientific name	Scrobipalpa mercantourica Varenne & Nel, 2018
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Scrobipalpa mercantourica Varenne & Nel, 2018 View in CoL

Scrobipalpa mercantourica Varenne & Nel 2018: 12 View in CoL , figs. 22–24.

Examined material. Holotype Ƌ: France, Isola-sur-Tinée , 2200 m, 7.VI.2017, Th. Varenne leg., genitalia slide JN n°31726 ( RCTV).

BOLD Specimen ID TLMF 25314; BOLD Sequence ID LEGEL368-18.

BIN: BOLD:ACU4764

Identity: Scrobipalpa mercantourica Varenne & Nel, 2018 , identity uncertain.

Remarks. Scrobipalpa mercantourica was described from a male holotype and compared with the morphologically very similar S. arenbergeri Povolný, 1973 ( Varenne & Nel 2018). Both species share the BIN and the successfully sequenced holotype is only about 1% divergent to S. arenbergeri . However, in consideration of the subtlety of diagnostic genitalia characters and the limited material, we maintain the species status of both taxa for the time being.