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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Dichrorampha dinarica, new species, a century of confusion in European lepidopterology (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) resolved by combining morphology and DNA barcoding

Peter HuemerJoaquin BaixerasBoyan Zlatkov

subject

TortricidaeMitochondrial DNAmedicine.medical_specialtyInsectaArthropodabiologyZoologyBiodiversityDichrorampha dinaricabiology.organism_classificationDNA barcodingLepidopteraLepidoptera genitaliaBotanyTortricidaemedicineAnimaliaAnimal Science and ZoologyTaxonomy (biology)EndemismLepidopterologyEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsTaxonomy

description

Dichrorampha dinarica, new species, is described from the Dinaric mountains (Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina). The newspecies was formerly confused with D. ligulana (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851) from the Alps and D. rilana Drenowsky, 1909 fromthe Rila mountains (Bulgaria). Therefore, a re-description of D. rilana is provided based on topotypical specimens. The diag-nostic morphological characters of the involved species, supported by significant divergence of the mtDNA barcode (COI fragment of 658 bp), are discussed in detail.

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3389.1.5