Coleophora nepetellae Baldizzone & Nel, a new species of the C. lixella group (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae) from France and Italy

By

Baldizzone, Giorgio
Nel, Jacques
Landry, Jean-François

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

459

Pages

119-135

Subjects

Coleophora caucasica , Coleophora lixella , Coleophora malatiella , Coleophora nevadella , Coleophora ornatipennella , Coleophora samarensis , Coleophora tricolor , DNA barcodes , genitalia , Nepeta

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.459.7983

 

Abstract

Coleophora nepetellae Baldizzone & Nel, sp. n. is described from the southern Alps (Italy and France). It belongs to the Coleophora lixella species group. Its host plants are Nepeta nepetella L. (Lamiaceae) and an unidentified Poaceae. The fifth instar larva, its case, the adult habitus, and genitalia are illustrated. The species is compared to C. nevadella Baldizzone, 1985, here newly confirmed from France and whose larvae feed on Nepeta latifolia DC. in the Eastern Pyrénées. DNA barcodes are shown to be distinct and congruent with morphological differences among species of the lixella group. Barcodes revealed that C. tricolor Walsingham, 1889, formerly known only from Great Britain, is also present in France and Greece.