Review of the Eulamprotes wilkella species-group based on morphology and DNA barcodes, with descriptions of new taxa (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae)

PETER HUEMER; GUSTAV ELSNER; OLE KARSHOLT

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3746.1.3

Issue: Vol. 3746 No. 1: 10 Dec. 2013

Type: Article

Published: 2013-12-10

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3746.1.3

Page range: 69–100

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**Review of the Eulamprotes wilkella species-group based on morphology and DNA barcodes, with descriptions of new taxa (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae)**

PETER HUEMER⁺⁻
GUSTAV ELSNER⁺⁻
OLE KARSHOLT⁺⁻

Tiroler Landesmuseen Betriebsges.m.b.H., Feldstr. 11a, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria

Hůlkova 304, 197 00 Prague 19 – Kbely, Czechia

Zoological Museum, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.

Lepidoptera Gelechiidae Eulamprotes cryptic diversity morphology DNA barcode new species western Palaearctic

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Abstract

The Eulamprotes wilkella species-group is revised based on morphological characters and on DNA barcodes of the mtCOI (Cytochrome c Oxidase 1) gene. Adult morphology combined with sequence information for 9 species supports the existence of 12 species, 7 of which are described as new to science: E. mirusella Huemer & Karsholt sp. nov. (France), E. baldizzonei Karsholt & Huemer sp. nov. (Italy, Slovenia, Croatia), E. atrifrontella Karsholt & Huemer sp. nov. (Turkey), E. wieseri Huemer & Karsholt sp. nov. (Kyrgizia), E. altaicella Huemer & Karsholt sp. nov. (Russia: Altai, Buryatia, Tuva Republic), E. kailai Karsholt & Huemer sp. nov. (Kazakhstan, Kyrgizia, Russia: Buryatia, Tuva Republic) and E. gemerensis Elsner sp. nov. (Slovakia). E. buvati Leraut, 1991 syn. nov. is synonymized with E. ochricapilla (Rebel, 1903).