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Published: 2019-07-01
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Three morphologically and genetically confirmed new Pleurota species from Morocco (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Oecophoridae: Pleurotinae)

Laaksotie 28, FI-19600 Hartola, Finland.
Finnish Museum of Natural History, Zoology Unit, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 17, FI-00014, Finland.
Finnish Museum of Natural History, Zoology Unit, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 17, FI-00014, Finland.
Lepidoptera taxonomy barcoding description northern Africa

Abstract

Three new Pleurota species (Oecophoridae: Pleurotinae) from Morocco, which form a species complex, are described: P. variocolor Tabell, sp. nov., P. azrouensis Tabell, sp. nov., and P. ternaria Tabell, sp. nov. Species are diagnosable by wing pattern and they have distinct genetic divergences in DNA barcodes, while genitalia structures are uniform and less informative. DNA barcodes of the new species are compared with those of all other Pleurotinae available in BOLD database. Each of the newly described species has a unique BIN (Barcode Index Number). Adult males and females, and their genitalia, are illustrated. Life histories of new species are unknown, but two of those were collected during daytime.

 

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