Coleophora flaviella Mann, 1857

Barcode Index Number: BOLD:AAJ6626

Material studied. 4 ♂ (GP 11994, 11995, 13011, 13010 ZT), 2 ♀ (GP 11989, 11992 ZT) Anti Atlas Mts., Adar vill. 4 km NE, 1800 m, 13.–14.IV.2013, Z. Tokár leg. & coll., det. J. Tabell & Z. Tokár.; 1 ♂ (GP 21858 IgR) Tifnit 2 km S, 50 m, 9.IV.2013, Ľ. Srnka leg., I. Richter det. (coll. SRN); 1 ♀ (DNA sample 27508 Lepid Phyl) Anti-Atlas, Tiznit Prov., Tafraout 24 km SW, 1125 m, 13.IV.2015, J. Tabell leg.; 1 ♀ (GP 6154 J. Tabell, DNA sample 27124 Lepid Phyl) 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 barcodes of Moroccan C. flaviella exhibit 0.93 % maximum intraspecific variation (n=2). The minimum divergence from the barcodes of the European (Austria, Greece, Italy, Spain) specimens is 1.56 %, which may indicate cryptic diversity. In southern Europe, the barcodes of C. flaviella (n = 6) exhibit 1.08 % maximum intraspecific variation.

Distribution. Southern and Central Europe, Libya, Turkey, Iran, Morocco. New to Morocco.