Shared but overlooked: 30 species of Holarctic Microlepidoptera revealed by DNA barcodes and morphology
Author
Landry, Jean-François
landryjf@agr.gc.ca
Author
Nazari, Vazrick
landryjf@agr.gc.ca
Author
Dewaard, Jeremy R.
landryjf@agr.gc.ca
Author
Mutanen, Marko
marko.mutanen@oulu.fi
Author
Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos
carlos.lopez-vaamonde@orleans.inra.fr
Author
Huemer, Peter
p.huemer@tiroler-landesmuseen.at
Author
Hebert, Paul D. N.
landryjf@agr.gc.ca
text
Zootaxa
2013
2013-12-16
3749
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1
93
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3749.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3749.1.1
1175-5326
5271857
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26.
Gnorimoschema jalavai
Povolný, 1994
(
Gelechiidae
:
Gelechiinae
)
Gnorimoschema jalavai
Povolný, 1994: 58
.
Type
locality:
Russia
, SW
Altai
,
Katun valley
,
10 km
W Katanda
,
1200 m
. BOLD:
AAI5491
Palearctic distribution.
Known from southern
Russia
(
Altai Krai
,
Tuva
,
Irkutsk Oblast
,
Buryatia
, and Zabaykalsky Krai), as well as
Chukotka
Peninsula in the north-eastern far east of
Russia
(
Sinev 2008
)
.
New North American records.
Canada
:
Yukon
,
Carcross
sand dunes,
25 Jun 2004
,
2 ♂
(
CNC
)
.
Diagnosis.
This species of
Gnorimoschema
has dark brown forewings with a pair of large subterminal white spots that nearly touch and appear to form an interruped band. This is a very unusual pattern for
Gnorimoschema
and
Gnorimoschemini
in general, but otherwise there are other
Gelechiidae
with somewhat similar forewing maculation, particularly among
Chionodes
. In male genitalia, the broadly triangular and truncate saccus, configuration of the distal margin of the vinculum, slightly bent and distally swollen valva, linguiform gnathos and unhooked apex of phallus are collectively distinctive. The female is unknown.
Larval host.
Unknown.
Note.
The Canadian specimens were reported as “
G. nordlandicolella
-complex sp. 4” by
Nazari & Landry (2009)
. The species identification was accomplished later after the
holotype
of
G. jalavai
(
ZMH
,
Finland
) was barcoded and its sequence was placed in the same BIN cluster.
This
was confirmed by the male genitalia which match.
The
female is unknown.
The Yukon
occurrence suggests that the species is native in
North America
.