Revision of the genus Hoplodrina Boursin, 1937 (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Xyleninae). I. Hoplodrina octogenaria (Goeze, 1781) and its sister species H. alsinides (Costantini, 1922) sp. rev. in Europe

By

Huemer, Peter
Haxaire, Jean
Lee, Kyung Min
Mutanen, Marko
Pekarsky, Oleg
Scalercio, Stefano
Ronkay, László

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

927

Pages

75--97

Subjects

cryptic species , ddRAD sequencing , DNA barcoding , Morphology , Owlet moths

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.927.51142

 

Abstract

The taxonomic status of the European Hoplodrina octogenaria (Goeze, 1781) is discussed and its partly sympatric sister species, Hoplodrina alsinides (Costantini, 1922) sp. rev., is separated and re-described based on morphological and molecular taxonomic evidence. The adults and their genitalia are illustrated and DNA barcodes, as well as genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism data collected by fractional genome sequencing (ddRAD), of the two species are provided.