Coleophora microalbella Amsel, 1935

Barcode Index Number: BOLD:ABV9538

Material studied. 1 ♂ (GP 5065 J. Tabell, DNA sample 25793 Lepid Phyl), 2 ♀ (DNA sample 25794 Lepid Phyl) Mirleft 5 km SSW, 20 m, 28.IV.2013, J. Tabell leg.; 2 ♀ (GP 5788 J. Tabell, DNA sample 24540 Lepid Phyl) Tiznit Prov., Mirleft 3.2 km SSW, 10 m, 12.IV.2015, J. Tabell leg. (all coll. TAB) .

Molecular data. The nearest neighbour is a Spanish so far undescribed species with a 2.97 % divergence. The barcodes of C. microalbella exhibit 0.46 % maximum intraspecific variation (n=5).

Distribution: Israel, Oman, Tunisia, Algeria, Canary Islands: Fuerteventura, Morocco. New to Morocco.