Mesophleps corsicella

Karsholt, Ole & Huemer, Peter, 2017, Review of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) from Crete, Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (1), pp. 159-190 : 164

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5356591
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/497A7A46-2B49-441D-FF7A-8BE3FCFFFC0F
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Mesophleps corsicella
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Mesophleps corsicella View in CoL (HERRICH- SCHÄFFER, 1856)

F i r s t r e c o r d. KARSHOLT (2004 -2011) without details. GOZMÁNY (2012: 349) from several localities.

E x a m i n e d m a t e r i a l. 13, 4 km S Agia Triada, 5 km W ( Moni ) Arkadi, 500 m, 14.x.2003, leg. B. Skule ( ZMUC) ; 13, 18 km SSE, Sitia , 400 m, 8.v.2007, leg. Fibiger & Jeppesen et al. ( ZMUC) ; 633, 1♀, Pandom. , Fodele, 100 m, 25.v.2000, leg. Ruckdeschel ( TLMF) ; 233, 3♀♀, ditto, but 10.x.2001 ( TLMF) ; 13, Xekollimenos , Kirtomados, ca. 70 m, 17.v.2003, leg. Ruckdeschel ( TLMF) ; 333, 1♀, Koutsounari , Agios Joannis, 390 m, 2.x.2001, leg. Ruckdeschel ( TLMF) ; 13, above Spili , 610 m, 12.viii.2006, leg. Ruckdeschel (DNA Barcode TLMF Lep 21362) ( TLMF) ; 233, above Moni Arkadi , 500 m, 28.ix.2016, leg. Skule ( ZMUC) .

M o l e c u l a r d a t a. Two barcode sequences in BOLD from Spain are only 0.15 % divergent. The unique barcode from Crete with a minimum distance of 1.39 % indicates moderate intraspecific divergence rather than potential cryptic diversity.