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Monochroa monellii (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae), a new species from Portugal

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  • 1. Pucketty Farm Cottage, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
  • 2. Unaffiliated, Pombal, Portugal
  • 3. Universidade do Porto, Vila do Conde, Portugal|Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Vila do Conde, Portugal

Description

A previously undescribed species of Monochroa Heinemann, 1870 has been found and repeatedly collected from a single locality in central Portugal since 2020. It is closely related to three species with larvae feeding on Primulaceae: M. conspersella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854), M. servella (Zeller, 1839) and M. tetragonella (Stainton, 1885) but differs in genitalia and DNA barcode.

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Publication: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e117169 (DOI)
Publication: 10.1093/molbev/msae263 (DOI)
Publication: 10.3372/wi.39.39103 (DOI)
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