A new species of Micropterix Hübner, 1825 from the Orobian Alps (Italy) (Lepidoptera, Micropterigidae)

By

Zeller-Lukashort, Hans Christof, 1964-
Huemer, Peter

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015

Original Publication

Nota lepidopterologica

Volume

38

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

133--146

Subjects

DNA barcoding , endemism , Italy. , Lepidoptera , Micropterigidae , Micropterix , Micropterix gaudiella , Orobian Alps

Contributed by

BioStor

Language

English

Published by

Bonn,

Identifiers

BioStor: https://biostor.org/reference/166509
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/nl.38.5058

 

Abstract

Micropterix gaudiella Zeller & Huemer, sp. n. is described from the southern part of the Orobian Alps (Piedmont, Italy) and compared with its likely closest relatives Micropterix isobasella Staudinger, 1871 and Micropterix stuebneri Zeller, Werno & Kurz, 2013. The new species is well characterized by its wing pattern and colour and by structures of the male genitalia. The species status is furthermore supported by molecular data of the DNA barcode region. The distance to its nearest neighbour Micropterix schaefferi Heath, 1975 is 2.65%. M. gaudiella is the seventh species of the genus Micropterix Hübner, 1825 probably endemic to the Alps.