Coleophora pennella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

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 : 165

Coleophora pennella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Barcode Index Number: BOLD:AAO3477

Material studied. 9 exx, Middle Atlas, El-Hajeb 2 km W, 820 m, 7.V.2013, J. Tabell leg.; 1 ♂ Middle Atlas, El Hajeb Prov., El Hajeb 2.5 km W, 820 m, 18.IV.2015, J. Tabell leg.; 1 ♂ El Hajeb Prov., El Hajeb 2.8 km WNW, 860 m, 15.V.2016, J. Tabell leg. (all coll. TAB) .

Molecular data. The nearest neighbour is a Kazakh so far unnamed Coleophora species, with a 1.93 % divergence. The barcodes of C. pennella exhibit 0.48 % maximum intraspecific variation (n=16). There are no barcodes for Moroccan specimens.

Distribution: Western Palearctic, widely distributed. Reported for the first time from Morocco and Africa by Baldizzone (1995).