Coleophoranepetellae Baldizzone & Nel, a new species of the C.lixella group (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae) from France and Italy.

ABSTRACT: Coleophoranepetellae Baldizzone & Nel, sp. n. is described from the southern Alps (Italy and France). It belongs to the Coleophoralixella species group. Its host plants are Nepetanepetella L. (Lamiaceae) and an unidentified Poaceae. The fifth instar larva, its case, the adult habitus, and genitalia are illustrated. The species is compared to Coleophoranevadella Baldizzone, 1985, here newly confirmed from France and whose larvae feed on Nepetalatifolia DC. in the Eastern Pyrénées. DNA barcodes are shown to be distinct and congruent with morphological differences among species of the lixella group. Barcodes revealed that Coleophoratricolor Walsingham, 1889, formerly known only from Great Britain, is also present in France and Greece.

SUBMITTER: Baldizzone G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4283635 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature