Coleophora cervinella McDunnough, 1946a: 59 Shared but overlooked: 30 species of Holarctic Microlepidoptera revealed by DNA barcodes and morphology Landry, Jean-François Nazari, Vazrick Dewaard, Jeremy R. Mutanen, Marko Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos Huemer, Peter Hebert, Paul D. N. Zootaxa 2013 2013-12-16 3749 1 1 93 Meyrick, 1928 Meyrick 1928 [195,846,1796,1822] Insecta Coleophoridae Coleophora Animalia Lepidoptera 33 34 Platyhelminthes species atriplicis    Coleophora atriplicisMeyrick: 763. Typelocality: England.   =   Coleophora cervinella  McDunnough, 1946a: 59. Typelocality: Canada: Nova Scotia: Parrsboro. New synonymy.BOLD: AAD7734  Palearctic distribution.Northern and Central Palaearctic region.   New North American records.  Canada: Nova Scotia, Parrsboro,  3–4 Jul 1944, 2 ♀( holotypeand paratypeof  cervinella) ( CNC);  Alberta, Erskine,  15 Jul 2001, 1 ♀( BIRD);  Buffalo Lake Conservation Area,  2 Aug 2000, 1 ex.( BIRD);  Tolman Bridge,  9 Jul 1984, 2 ♂( CNC);  Lac La Biche,  26 Jul 1994, 1 ♀( CNC);  British Columbia, Peachland,  28 Aug 1935, one ♀( CNC).  USA: Washington, Wilapa Bay,  26 Jul 2011, one ♀( CNC).   Diagnosis.This species has ochreous-buff forewings with veins somewhat highlighted with creamy white, and sparsely peppered dark brown scales, especially in the distal half. It is confusingly similar to several other  Coleophora, especially among the seed-feeding groups and including several undescribed species (JFL pers. obs.) and can be recognized with certainty only through examination of the genitalia. In male genitalia, the tegumen is pyramidal, the gnathos ellipsoid and laterally compressed, the transtilla arms are markedly developed and outwardly upcurved, nearly joined medially, the apex of the sacculus has a few short dentate projections, the cucullus is broadly rounded, the valvula markedly sclerotized and digitiform, and the juxta rods each have one tooth, subapical on the right arm, medial on the left one; the overall configuration of the phallotheca with its long and curved outer tube, long, multi-coiled appendix, and long cluster of small, closely set cornuti, is very similar to that of several other seed-feeding species exemplified by duplicisBraun. (For genital terms of  Coleophora, see Landry & Wright 1993.) In female genitalia, S8 is roundly trapezoidal with a notched posterior margin, the colliculum is as long as S8 with a blind sac at its anterior right extremity, the ductus bursae is very long with at least six coils in its anterior section, the spinulate section of the ductus is anteriorly curved and about as long as the membranous looped section, and the signum is double, one typical thorn-like with a short, stubby point, the other rasp-like and very small. This typeof double signum is found in several seed-feeding species, such as the dupliciscomplex, with differences in size.  Larval host.  Halimione portulacoides, Suaeda, Salicornia,  Atriplexspp.,  Chenopodiumspp. (Chenopodiaceae)in saline habitats.  Note.The typeseries of  C. cervinellawhich consisted of two femaleswas collected in a salt marsh (where several of the host plants of  atriplicisoccur). McDunnough suspected the synonymy of this species and wrote in an undated note placed in the CNC collection tray with the type: “Possibly falls to  atriplicisdescr. from Europe”. This species is undoubtedly more widely distributed than current records indicate but it is not recognizable without examining the genitalia. The occurrence on both the east and west coasts of North America as well as deep in the Okanagan valley of British Columbiaand scattered localites in Albertasuggest that it could be Holarctic. [406,662,1897,1919] BOLD Canada Nova Scotia 33 34 AAD7734 1 Nova Scotia 1944-07-03 1944-07-04 1944-07-03 CNC Canada Parrsboro 34 35 2 2 Nova Scotia holotype [369,847,188,213] 2001-07-15 BIRD Canada Erskine 34 35 1 1 Alberta holotype 2000-08-02 BIRD Canada Buffalo Lake Conservation Area 34 35 1 Alberta holotype [255,727,223,248] 1984-07-09 CNC Canada Tolman Bridge 34 35 2 2 Alberta holotype [743,1215,223,248] 1994-07-26 CNC Canada Lac La Biche 34 35 1 1 Alberta holotype 1935-08-28 CNC Canada Peachland 34 35 1 1 British Columbia holotype [606,1266,260,285] 2011-07-26 CNC United States of America Wilapa Bay 34 35 1 1 Washington holotype