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Issue: Vol. 5661 No. 2: 15 Jul. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-07-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5661.2.5
Page range: 237-248
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Epermenia reinhardgaedikei sp. nov., an overlooked species from central-southern Europe (Lepidoptera, Epermeniidae)

Tiroler Landesmuseen Betriebsges.m.b.H.; Natural History Collections; Krajnc-Str. 1; A-6060 Hall in Tirol; Austria.
Egelseestraße 21; A-6800 Feldkirch; Austria.
78; Avenue Fernand Gassion; 13600 La Ciotat; France.
Ökoplus Umweltforschung und Consulting GmbH; Stockerauer Straße 16; A-3430 Trübensee; Austria.
Lepidoptera DNa barcoding integrative taxonomy Mediterranean misidentification new species

Abstract

Epermenia reinhardgaedikei sp. nov. is described from material collected in central Italy, south-eastern France, and eastern Austria. The species was hitherto mixed with the congeners E. theimeri Gaedike, 2001 and E. profugella (Stainton, 1856) due to superficial similarity in male genitalia. However, the new species is closest to E. iniquellus (Wocke, 1867), differing from that species and congeners in structures of male genitalia and by DNA barcodes. Adults, male and female genitalia are figured.

 

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How to Cite

Huemer, P., Mayr, T., Nel, J. & Stark, W. (2025) Epermenia reinhardgaedikei sp. nov., an overlooked species from central-southern Europe (Lepidoptera, Epermeniidae). Zootaxa, 5661 (2), 237–248. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5661.2.5