Coleophora hieronella Zeller, 1849

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 : 157-158

Coleophora hieronella Zeller, 1849

Barcode Index Number: BOLD:AAI9225

Material studied. 11 ♂ (GP 5085 J. Tabell), 17 ♀ (GP 5068 J. Tabell, DNA sample 21843 Lepid Phyl) High Atlas, Afourer 3 km S, 1200 m, 5.V.2013, J. Tabell leg. ; 5 ♂ High Atlas, Afourer 6 km S, 1340 m, 5.V.2013, J. Tabell leg. ; 2 ♂, 2 ♀ Middle Atlas, Azrou 3 km NW, 1240 m, 6.V.2013, J. Tabell leg. ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀ Middle Atlas, El-Hajeb 2 km W, 820 m, 7.V.2013, J. Tabell leg. ; 1 ♂ Settat Prov. , Oulad Abbou 8 km W, 180 m, 10.IV. 2015, J. Tabell leg. ; 1 ♂ High Atlas, Al Haouz Prov. , Ourika 3 km SE, 960 m, 16.IV.2015, J. Tabell leg. ; 1 ♀ Middle Atlas, El Hajeb Prov., El Hajeb 3 km S, 1125 m, 18.IV.2015, 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) .

Molecular data. The nearest neighbour is C. variicornis Toll, 1952 , with a 2.49 % divergence. The barcodes of C. hieronella exhibit 1.55 % maximum intraspecific variation (n=10).

Distribution. South Europe, Austria, North Africa.

Note. Most specimens were netted from Trifolium stellatum L.