Phtheochroa carpatiana sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae), the Carpathian representative of the Phtheochroa frigidana species-group

By

Kovacs, Zoltan
Kovács, Sándor
Zlatkov, Boyan, 1982-
Huemer, Peter

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020-9-28

Original Publication

Nota lepidopterologica

Volume

43

Pages

265--279

Subjects

alpine zone , Cochylini , DNA barcoding , everted vesica , revised taxonomy , Romania , Variation

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Bonn,

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/nl.43.52581

 

Abstract

Phtheochroa carpatianasp. nov.is described from the Southern Carpathians (Romania). It is closely related to the other five members of theP. frigidanaspecies-group. Adults, male and female genitalia, and the habitat of the new species are described and figured, molecular data and some details of the biology are given. The species inhabits alpine meadows above 2100 m, the highest regions of the Southern Carpathians. Adults are on the wing from the end of June to the beginning of August.Phtheochroa carpatianademonstrates considerable intraspecific variation in some details of the vesica in the male genitalia.