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Issue: Vol. 5717 No. 3: 6 Nov. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-11-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5717.3.8
Page range: 431-440
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PDF downloaded: 5

Agonopterix calavrisella sp. nov., a new Depressariinae from the impurella species subgroup from South Italian forests (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea, Depressariidae)

Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, CREA, Research Centre for Forestry and Wood, 87036 Rende, Italy; Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Science, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, CREA, Research Centre for Forestry and Wood, 87036 Rende, Italy; Department of AGRARIA, University “Mediterranea” of Reggio Calabria, Feo di Vito, Reggio Calabria, 89122, Italy
Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, CREA, Research Centre for Forestry and Wood, 87036 Rende, Italy; National Biodiversity Future Centre, NBFC, 90133 Palermo, Italy
Lepidoptera DNA barcoding biodiversity new species Mediterranean forests Calabria

Abstract

The family Depressariidae Meyrick, 1883 (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) comprises a diverse and taxonomically complex group of moths, with recent studies revealing cryptic diversity, especially in the Mediterranean region. During several years of macromoth sampling in forested habitat of southern Italy, 23 specimens morphologically similar and genetically close to Agonopterix liturosa (Haworth, 1811) were collected in Calabria. DNA barcoding of some of these specimens revealed a genetic divergence of 4.46% from A. liturosa, along with clear differences in wing pattern and in genitalia structure. Based on integrative taxonomic analyses, we describe a new species, Agonopterix calavrisella sp. nov.

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How to Cite

Cava, S.L., Zucco, G. & Scalercio, S. (2025) Agonopterix calavrisella sp. nov., a new Depressariinae from the impurella species subgroup from South Italian forests (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea, Depressariidae). Zootaxa, 5717 (3), 431–440. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5717.3.8