Coleophora luteolella Staudinger, 1880

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 : 166

Coleophora luteolella Staudinger, 1880

Barcode Index Number: BOLD:AAO1948

Material studied. 1 ♀ (DNA sample 23537 Lepid Phyl) Middle Atlas, El-Hajeb 2 km W, 820 m, 7.V.2013, J. Tabell leg. ; 1 ♀ High Atlas, 6 km NW Ouirgane , road to Amizmiz , 1050 m, 1.–2.V.2016, C. Hviid, K. Larsen & D. Nilsson leg. ; 1 ex. Taourirt Prov., Debdou 3 km NNE, 880 m, 11.V.2016, J. Tabell leg. ; 5 exx Ifrane Prov., Azrou 3 km NNW, 1210 m, 16.V.2016, J. Tabell leg. ; 2 ♂ Al Haouz Prov., Imlil , 1680 m, 30.VI.2016, J. Tabell leg. ; 1 ♀ High Atlas, 6 km NW Ouirgane , road to Amizmiz , 1050 m, 1.–2.V.2016, C. Hviid, K. Larsen & D. Nilsson leg. (all coll. TAB) ; 1 ♂ Meknès-Tafilalet, Azrou , 33°28´14´´: -5°14´43´´, 1260 m, 4.V.2011, J. & A. Kullberg leg. (coll. MZH).

Molecular data. The nearest neighbour is a Nearctic so far unnamed Coleophora species, with a 3.64 % divergence. The barcodes exhibit 0.96 % maximum intraspecific variation (n=6).

Distribution: South Europe, Morocco, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Iran, Afghanistan.