Trifurcula mediocorsa Varenne & Nel, 2017

Huemer, Peter & Van Nieukerken, Erik J., 2021, Identity of some recently described Lepidoptera from France-re-assessed with DNA barcodes and morphology, Zootaxa 4941 (3), pp. 301-337 : 306

Trifurcula mediocorsa Varenne & Nel, 2017

Trifurcula (Levarchama) mediocorsa Varenne & Nel, 2017: 46 , figs. 1–3.

Examined material. Holotype Ƌ: France, Corse-du-Sud , Zicavo, 1360 m, uv., 12.VII.2016, Th. Varenne leg., genitalia slide JN n°30723, ( RCTV) ; Paratypes 1Ƌ: same data, genitalia slide TV n°6082 ( RCTV); 1Ƌ: Haute- Corse, Santa-Lucia-di-Mercurio, 770 m, uv., 6.VII.2013, Th. Varenne leg., genitalia slide TV n°5321( RCTV) .

Paratype BOLD Specimen ID TV6082; BOLD Sequence ID NEPTA2012-17.

BIN: BOLD:ADI4051

Identity: Trifurcula mediocorsa Varenne & Nel, 2017

Remarks. Trifurcula mediocorsa was described from a male holotype and two male paratypes, and compared with other species in the subgenus Levarchama Beirne, 1945 (now the cryptella species group). The holotype was not sequenced, one of the paratypes gave a full barcode, the other one failed. The barcode has a distance of more than 10% to its nearest neighbour, Trifurcula ortneri (Klimesch, 1951) . The genitalia resemble the other species in this species group (van Nieukerken 2007), and more study is needed to define diagnostic characters. This is a potential endemic species for Corsica.