Coleophora vivesella Baldizzone, 1987

Barcode Index Number: BOLD:ABV8288

Material studied. 1 ♂ (DNA sample 24949 Lepid Phyl) High Atlas, Ljoukak 18 km SW, 1300–1500 m, 2.VI.2015, C. Hviid, O. Karsholt & K. Larsen leg.; 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (GP 5784 J. Tabell) Taourirt Prov., Debdou 3 km NNE, 880 m, 11.V.2016, J. Tabell leg.; 1 ♀ (GP 5734 J. Tabell, DNA sample 25642 Lepid Phyl) Al Haouz Prov., Imlil, 1680 m, 30.VI.2016, J. Tabell leg; 1 ♂ Ouarzazate Prov., Aguelmouss 1 km ESE, 2150 m, 3.VII.2016, J. Tabell leg.; 1 ♂ (DNA sample 25645 Lepid Phyl) Ouarzazate Prov., Aguelmouss 1 km ESE, 2150 m, 3.VII.2016, J. Tabell leg. (all coll. TAB) ; 1 ♂ (GP 13031 ZT) Anti Atlas Mts., Adar village 4 km NE, 1800 m, 13.–14.IV.2013, Z. Tokár leg. (coll. TOK); 1 ♂ (GP 21865 IgR) the same locality and data, Ľ. Srnka leg., Z. Tokár det. (coll. SRN) .

Molecular data. The nearest neighbour is C. bucovinella Nemeş, 1968, with a 5.74 % divergence. The barcodes of C. vivesella exhibit 0.61 % maximum intraspecific variation (n=4).

Distribution. Spain, Morocco. New to Africa and Morocco.