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Issue: Vol. 2239 No. 1: 24 Sep. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-09-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2239.1.1
Page range: 1–21
Abstract views: 107
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Revision of the Australian Oenochroma vinaria Guenée, 1858 species-complex (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Oenochrominae): DNA barcoding reveals cryptic diversity and assesses status of type specimen without dissection

Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Münchhausenstr. 21, D-81247 München, Germany
Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph, 579 Gordon Street, ON, N1G 2W1, Guelph, Canada
NSW Department of Primary Industries, Wagga Wagga Agricultural Institute, Pine Gully Rd, Wagga Wagga NSW 2650, Australia
Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph, 579 Gordon Street, ON, N1G 2W1, Guelph, Canada
Volpinistr. 72, 80638 München, Germany
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, GPO Box 1164 Hobart, 7001, Tasmania
Lepidoptera Oenochroma barcodificata Tasmania new species type sequencing lectotype redescription

Abstract

The assembly of a DNA barcode library for Australian Lepidoptera revealed that Oenochroma vinaria Guenée, 1858, as currently understood, is actually a mix of two different species. By analyzing DNA barcodes from recently collected specimens and the 150 year-old female lectotype of O. vinaria, we propose a reliable assignment of the name vinaria to one of these two species. A lectotype is designated for Monoctenia decora, a confirmed synonym of O. vinaria, and a new species, Oenochroma barcodificata sp. nov., is described. This species is only known from Tasmania and New South Wales; its biology and immature stages are described in detail.

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