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Issue: Vol. 4729 No. 4: 31 Jan. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-01-31
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4729.4.9
Page range: 582–588
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Redescription and DNA barcoding of diurnal moth Athroolopha latimargo
Rothschild, 1914 bona sp., stat. rev. from the southern Iberian Peninsula (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae)

Department of Zoology and Physical Anthropology, University of Murcia, 30071 Murcia, Spain
Ornitour, C/ San Felipe 13, 9°B. 11300 La Línea de la Concepción, Cádiz, Spain.
Ornitour, Apartamentos Tenisol, edificio Duero 1°B. 11310 Sotogrande, Cádiz, Spain.
Department of Zoology and Physical Anthropology, University of Murcia, 30071 Murcia, Spain
Lepidoptera biodiversity diagnosis distribution molecular species identification morphology taxonomy

Abstract

The rare and diurnal geometrid moth Athroolopha latimargo Rothschild, 1914 bona sp., stat. rev. is re-discovered and redescribed from the furthest point of the south of the Iberian Peninsula, for the first time since its original description as a subspecies of Athroolopha chrysitaria (Hübner, 1813) from North Africa. The range of this taxon is questioned. A mitochondrial COI barcode sequence was generated for the specimens and compared with Iberian and Sicilian Athroolopha species.

 

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