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Trifurcula (Glaucolepis) lituanica sp. nov., an unexpected new stem-miner on Salvia pratensis occurring in eastern Europe (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)

Nature Research Centre, Akademijos 2, LT-08412 Vilnius-21, Lithuania
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands
Nature Research Centre, Akademijos 2, LT-08412 Vilnius-21, Lithuania
Lepidoptera Taxonomy new species hostplants Lamiaceae DNA-barcodes COI gene Palearctic

Abstract

Trifurcula (Glaucolepis) lituanica Ivinskis & van Nieukerken, sp. nov., is described from adults reared from stem-mining larvae on Salvia pratensis (Lamiaceae) from Lithuania and some specimens taken as adults in Austria, Sloveniaand Greece. In addition the new species is recorded from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Romania. Superficially, itresembles Trifurcula (Glaucolepis) headleyella (Stainton, 1854), especially the male, but it differs by male genitaliawith additional cornuti, a unique character for the subgenus, and the female genitalia differ by the larger number ofconvolutions in the ductus spermathecae. It is the only known Trifurcula to make its cocoon partially inside a stem-mine. The synonymy of Nepticula dubiella Hauder, 1912 with T. headleyella is confirmed, but some specimensrecorded under this name from Austria belong to the new species. DNA barcodes are provided and compared with related species.

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