Elachista karsticola Varenne & Nel, 2018: 6
Identity of some recently described Lepidoptera from France-re-assessed with DNA barcodes and morphology
Huemer, Peter
Van Nieukerken, Erik J.
Zootaxa
2021
2021-03-09
4941
3
301
337
B6WRP
Varenne & Nel, 2018
Varenne & Nel
2018
[151,658,151,178]
Insecta
Elachistidae
Elachista
Animalia
Lepidoptera
28
329
Arthropoda
species
karsticola
Elachista karsticola Varenne & Nel, 2018: 6, figs. 10–11.
Examined material. HolotypeƋ: France, Alpes-Maritimes, Courségoules, 950 m, 12.IV.2017, Th. Varenneleg., genitalia slide JN n°31706 ( RCTV). BOLD Specimen ID TLMF25313; BOLD Sequence ID LEGEL367-18.
BIN: BOLD:ABW4899 Identity: Elachista maculosellaChrétien, 1896, syn. nov.( Fig. 10)
Remarks. Elachista karsticolawas described from a male holotypeand separated from the randomly selected species of the E. bifasciellaspecies-group E. sebastellaKaila, 2015, E. sulcsiellaSavenkov, 2013, E. orstadiiPalm, 1943and E. gruenewaldiParenti, 2002on genitalia characters ( Varenne & Nel 2018). The species was recently included in the World Catalogue of Elachistidaeas valid taxon ( Kaila 2019). However, the successfully sequenced holotypeshares the barcode with E. maculosella, a species described from Franceand corresponding in morphology but not considered as potential conspecific by Varenne & Nel (2018).According to Kaila (pers. comm.) the taxon falls in the range of intraspecific variation of E. maculosella. We therefore synonymize E. karsticolawith E. maculosella.
2017-04-12
RCTV
Th. Varenne
France
950
Alpes-Maritimes
Coursegoules
28
329
1
holotype