Coleophora jaskai 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 : 163

Coleophora jaskai Tabell , sp. nov.

Barcode Index Number: BOLD:AEL6876

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Type material. Holotype ♀ (DNA sample 27138 Lepid Phyl): Morocco, Zagora : Tagounite, wgs84: 30°50´: -5°32´[30.5000 N 5.3200 W], 19.V.2011, J. & A. Kullberg leg. http://id.luomus.fi/GBT.17 (coll. MZH) . Paratype: 2 ♀ (GP 6144 J. Tabell, DNA sample 27139 Lepid Phyl [barcoding failed]; DNA sample 27145 Lepid Phyl [barcoding failed]) same data as holotype (colls. MZH and TAB) .

Diagnosis. Characterized by yellow forewing with broad white stripes. In C. berlandella Toll, 1956 the forewing is more ochreous. The female genitalia are similar to those of C. berlandella , but the posterior part of ductus bursae is narrower and the median band is more sclerotized. Tergal sclerites are broader and spines are more numerous than in C. berlandella . Male of C. jaskai is unknown.

Molecular data. One sample was sequenced successfully, resulting in a 651 bp barcode. The nearest neighbour is C. berlandella , with a 2.03 % divergence.

Description. Adult. Wingspan 18.5–19 mm. Antenna white. Scape white, with a long tuft. Labial palp white, second article 1.5x longer than third article. Head, thorax and tegula white with a pale yellow tinge. Forewing yellow with four white stripes; costal stripe from 1/5 to 4/5, slightly tapering towards apex; median stripe straight, from base to mid-wing; dorsal stripe narrow, basally broader; apical stripe triangular, dorsal margin straight. Costal fringe cilia white to pale ochre, dorsal fringe cilia yellow. Hindwing pale grey, fringe cilia white to pale ochre.

Abdominal structures. Sternal bar long, tergal latero-posterior bar short. Transverse bar straight, proximal edge slightly arched, sclerotized, distal edge medially unsclerotized. Tergal sclerite narrow, about 3x as long as wide, covered with about 25 conical spines (on T3).

Male genitalia. Unknown.

Female genitalia. Papilla analis oval, covered with bristles of different length. Anterior apophysis longer than sterigma, posterior apophysis twice as long as anterior one. Sterigma trapezoidal, 2x wider than long, distally tapered, proximal margin concave, distal margin rounded, lined by short bristles, medial excavation narrow and deep. Colliculum weakly sclerotized, elongated. Ductus bursae membranous, broad, posterior third with a sclerotized median lamina and a short dark band, anterior third broader, coiled twice. Corpus bursae suborbicular, with one leaf-shaped signum.

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. Morocco, known only from the type locality.

Etymology. The species is named in honour of Jaakko ”Jaska” Kullberg, who is one of the collectors of the type specimens.

Note. In this species group the females of C. parapredotella Toll & Amsel, 1967 and C. kondarensis (Reznik, 1976) are still unknown, but their forewing maculation is different from that of C. jaskai , and therefore the description of a new species is justified.