Chersotis cuprea, Schiffermuller, 1775

Koren, Toni, Podnar, Martina, Vojvoda, Ana Mrnjavčić, Beshkov, Stoyan, Mihoci, Iva & Kučinić, Mladen, 2021, Genus Chersotis Boisduval, 1840 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Croatia with some notes on the other Balkan countries: DNA barcoding, distribution and new records, Ecologica Montenegrina 48, pp. 86-108 : 90

Chersotis cuprea ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775).

New records: NP Risnjak, Gerovski kraj, meadow Lazac, 12.8.2019, 5 ex., leg. Koren ; NP Risnjak, Gerovski kraj, meadow Šegine, 12.8.2019, 3 ex., leg. Koren ; NP Risnjak, Guslica , 15.8.2019, 3 ex., leg. Koren ; Mt. Velebit , Zavižan, 18.8.2017,> 20 ex., leg. Koren ; Lička Plješevica at 1230 m, 04.09.2008, 1 ex., leg. Mihoci ; Lička Plješevica at 1500 m, 13.08.2008. 2 ex., leg. Mihoci ; Mt. Biokovo , Lađena, 27.08.1990, 1 ex. , leg Kučinić.

Genetic data: Ch. cuprea specimens, CROB259 and CROB511 analyzed in this study share the haplotype with Austrian (ABOLC043-16, ABOLD199-16) and German (FBLMX164-11, GWORZ514-10) specimens. They are comprised within well supported monophyletic clade together with a third Croatian sample and Norwegian (LON271-08, LON3653-16), Italian (LEATB737-13, LEATC168-13) and Finnish (LEFIA609-10) specimens. Intraspecific distances within this taxon were in range 0.2-0.8 ( Tab. 2 ).