Coleophora santolinella Constant, 1890

Barcode Index Number: BOLD:AAS0304

Material studied. 1 ♂ (GP 5650 J. Tabell) High Atlas, Ljoukak 23 km SW, 1600 m, 2.VI.2015, C. Hviid, O. Karsholt & K. Larsen leg.; 2 ♂ Al Haouz Prov., Imlil, 1680 m, 30.VI.2016, J. Tabell leg. (all coll. TAB); 1 ♂ (GP 11987 ZT) High Atlas Mts., Taliouine 8 km NW, 1100 m, 12.IV.2013, Z. Tokár leg., I. Richter det. (coll. TOK) .

Molecular data. Moroccan C. santolinella specimens have not been barcoded.According to Spanish and French specimens the nearest neighbour is C. ptarmicia Walsingham, 1910, with a 7.6 % divergence. The barcodes of C. santolinella exhibit 2.47 % maximum intraspecific variation (n=3), which may indicate cryptic diversity.

Distribution. France, Spain, Corsica, Sardinia, Morocco. New for Morocco and Africa.