Coleophora olei Tabell, 2023

Tabell, Jukka, Kullberg, Jaakko, Mutanen, Marko, Tokár, Zdenko & Sihvonen, Pasi, 2023, New and little known Coleophora Hübner, 1822 species from Morocco. Part I (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae), Zootaxa 5374 (2), pp. 151-195 : 159-160

Coleophora olei Tabell , sp. nov.

Barcode Index Number: BOLD:ADL4165

Figs. 5, 20, 35

Type material. Holotype ♂ (GP 5516 J. Tabell, DNA sample 25784 Lepid Phyl): Morocco, High Atlas, Ouirgane 7 km S, 950 m, 4.VI.2015, C. Hviid, O. Karsholt & K. Larsen [leg]. (coll. MZUC).

Diagnosis. Externally C. olei is similar to several members of the C. onobrychiella species group. Male genitalia are characteristic, and no similar species are known. Female of C. olei is unknown.

Molecular data. The single sample resulted in a 658 bp barcode. The nearest neighbour to C. olei is C. alacanta Tabell, 2013 , with a 6.06 % divergence. Distance to C. ravillella Toll, 1961 is 6.27 %.

Description. Adult. Wingspan 13 mm. Antenna white, annulated with ochreous brown, apical ¼ with brown, basal ¼ covered by pale ochre scales. Scape pale ochre, below covered by long scales. Labial palp pale ochre mixed with white, second article 1.5x longer than third article. Head and thorax pale ochre mixed with white, tegula pale ochre. Forewing ochreous brown, basally and dorsally paler; costal stripe white, from base to ¾. Costal fringe cilia white, apically ochre, dorsal fringe cilia ochreous brown. Hindwing pale grey, fringe cilia pale ochreous brown.

Abdominal structures. Tergal latero-posterior bar 0.5x as long as anterior one. Transverse bar slightly curved, narrow, medially expanded, proximal edge sclerotized, distal edge less sclerotized. Tergal sclerite about 2x as long as wide, weakly sclerotized, covered with about 50 conical spines (on T3).

Male genitalia. Gnathos knob transversely oval. Tegumen long, parallel-sided, pedunculum short, arched. Transtilla moderately broad, apically upcurved. Costa sinuous. Valvula large, weakly delineated. Cucullus long, very narrow, slightly tapered basally. Sacculus well sclerotized, long and narrow; ventral margin slightly convex, covered with long bristles, apical third lined by small nodules; lateral margin short, dorsocaudal angle rounded, dorsal margin slightly concave. Phallotheca a conical tube. Vesica long, with five long separate spiniform cornuti.

Female genitalia. Unknown.

Biology. Early stages unknown.

Distribution. Morocco, known only from the type locality.

Etymology. The species is named in honour of Ole Karsholt, who was a participant of the Danish collecting expedition to Morocco.