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Issue: Vol. 2314 No. 1: 18 Dec. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-12-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2314.1.4
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 35
PDF downloaded: 2

DNA barcoding confirms species rank for a cryptic geometrid species from Turkey and Bulgaria (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Sterrhinae)

University of Mustafa Kemal, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Protection, Entomology Section, 31034-Hatay-Turkey
Lepidoptera Geometridae Scopula COI new species PCR Turkey

Abstract

Scopula drenowskii Sterneck, 1941, stat. n. is raised from the synonymy of Scopula decorata to species rank, based on differences in the male genitalia correlated to a considerable genetical distance in the DNA barcode region (COI). The ‘new’ species is known so far from Bulgaria and Turkey.

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