Coleophora mirleftensis Tabell, 2018

Barcode Index Number: BOLD:ACT4659

Material studied. Holotype ♂ Mirleft 5 km SSW, N29.53821 W10.05780, 20 m, 28.IV.2013, J. Tabell leg. (coll. MZH). Paratypes: 2 ♂ (GP 5063 J. Tabell, DNA sample 21834 Lepid Phyl; DNA sample 21835 Lepid Phyl) same collecting data as holotype; 4 ♂, 4 ♀ (GP 5467 J. Tabell, DNA sample 24598 Lepid Phyl) Mirleft 5 km SW, N29.541 W10.065, 5 m, e. l. 2015, Salsola sp. 12.IV.2015, J. Tabell leg. (all coll. TAB) .

Molecular data. The nearest neighbour is C. poecilella Walsingham, 1907, with a 4.97 % divergence. The barcodes of C. mirleftensis exhibit no intraspecific variation (n=3).

Distribution. Morocco.

Note: The species was recently described from the specimens listed above (Tabell et al. 2018).