taxonID	type	description	language	source
03B5876AC6545078FF47FAB6DAE7FDD7.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 1 ♂, Italia, Toscana, Livorno, Portoferraio (Elba island), Montebello: 30. III. 2021 (on P. lentiscus), leg. Forbicioni L., prep. mic. 2080 GT, DNA barcode TMGV 2080, GTRC; 1 ♂, idem, without abdomen, GTRC; 2 ♀, Italia, Toscana, Livorno, Montecristo island, 42 ° 19 ' 44 " N 10 ° 18 ' 35 " E 400 m: 4. VI. 2014 leg. Scalercio S., prep. mic. 2165 TG, SSRC. 1 ♂, Italia, Sardegna, Nuoro, Libono 39.891164 N 9.5639171 E 400 m: 4. V. 2022, leg. Melotti E., L. Morin det.: prep. mic. 2126 TG, RCLM. Supplementary material: 1 ♂, Francia, Corsica, Zonza (Corse-du-sud) le 12 avril 2012, leg. Varenne T.; 5 specimens, Italia, Sardegna, Isola di Sant’Antioco, Cala Usai, V. 1974, F. Hartig leg., det. W. Sauter, GBRC.	en	Timossi, Giovanni, Huemer, Peter (2025): Adela paludicolella Zeller, 1850, and Adela orientella Staudinger, 1870 sp. rev. (Lepidoptera, Adelidae): two distinct species revealed by morphological analysis and DNA barcoding. Zootaxa 5621 (2): 249-261, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5621.2.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5621.2.5
03B5876AC6545078FF47FAB6DAE7FDD7.taxon	description	Redescription Adult (n 5); head: white labial palps with white scales above, with long black hair-like scales below, head covering with long hair-like scales, 80 % yellow, the rest black; antennae: black and white in the distal part, about twice the length of the forewing in male, in the female slightly longer than the forewings; thorax: metallic brown with bronze and golden reflections; legs: covering of scales metallic brown and white, tarsal formula 0 - 2 - 4; forewings: forewing length 4.2 – 5.7 mm, ground colour metallic brown with golden and violet reflections, white median band curved towards the distal end, a small white spot on the costa between the median band and the tip of the wing, dark brown fringes; hindwings: dark brown with violet reflections, brown fringes. Genitalia ♂ (pl. I a, b, c); uncus rounded, broad, flat, small squared above; tegumen broad and well sclerotized; vinculum rounded and broad anteriorly; valves: subtriangular with curved and truncated distal end; transtilla sclerotized, median protrusion approximately ½ as long as the lateral protrusions, with anterior extension fork schaped; aedeagus whit base truncated slightly arched horned for ¼ of the length; juxta approximately ½ as long as the phallus with sagittate end with rounded apex. Genitalia ♀ (pl. I d, e): ovipositor with acuminate end in lateral view, VII tergite and VII sternite slightly sclerotized, sub-triangular.	en	Timossi, Giovanni, Huemer, Peter (2025): Adela paludicolella Zeller, 1850, and Adela orientella Staudinger, 1870 sp. rev. (Lepidoptera, Adelidae): two distinct species revealed by morphological analysis and DNA barcoding. Zootaxa 5621 (2): 249-261, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5621.2.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5621.2.5
03B5876AC6545078FF47FAB6DAE7FDD7.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology: adults are in flight from March to June and are found on flowers of Pistacia lentiscus and Erica arborea. Habitat: Mediterranean maquis.	en	Timossi, Giovanni, Huemer, Peter (2025): Adela paludicolella Zeller, 1850, and Adela orientella Staudinger, 1870 sp. rev. (Lepidoptera, Adelidae): two distinct species revealed by morphological analysis and DNA barcoding. Zootaxa 5621 (2): 249-261, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5621.2.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5621.2.5
03B5876AC6545078FF47FAB6DAE7FDD7.taxon	distribution	Distribution: southern France including Corsica, Italy (Tuscany, Elba Island and Montecristo Island), Sardinia.	en	Timossi, Giovanni, Huemer, Peter (2025): Adela paludicolella Zeller, 1850, and Adela orientella Staudinger, 1870 sp. rev. (Lepidoptera, Adelidae): two distinct species revealed by morphological analysis and DNA barcoding. Zootaxa 5621 (2): 249-261, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5621.2.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5621.2.5
03B5876AC6555076FF47FDF1DD9BFC4F.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 1 ♂, Grecia, Kreta, Melampes 1, 1 km NNE, 35 ° 08 ' 14 " N 24 ° 39 ' 20 " E, 275 m: 28. IV. 2022, leg. Huemer P.: prep. mic. 2162 TG, RCPH; 1 ♀, idem, DNA barcode TMLF Lep 34745: prep. mic. 2161 TG, RCPH. Supplementary material: 1 specimen, Grecia, Peloponneso, Arkadia, Dara, 21. V. 1977, D. Gianasso leg. det. W. Sauter, GBRC.	en	Timossi, Giovanni, Huemer, Peter (2025): Adela paludicolella Zeller, 1850, and Adela orientella Staudinger, 1870 sp. rev. (Lepidoptera, Adelidae): two distinct species revealed by morphological analysis and DNA barcoding. Zootaxa 5621 (2): 249-261, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5621.2.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5621.2.5
03B5876AC6555076FF47FDF1DD9BFC4F.taxon	description	Adult (n 3); head with dark labial palps with long black hair-like scales above and below, head covered with long black and yellow hair-like scales in variable percentages; black antennae with white distal tip, about twice the length of the forewings, in the female slightly longer than the forewings; brown thorax with bronze and golden reflections; legs covered with black and white scales, tarsal formula 0 - 2 - 4; forewing length 4.4 – 5.5 mm, brown background color with golden bronze and purple reflections, white median band orthogonal to the costa, straight, a small white spot on the costa between the median band and the tip of the wing, dark brown fringes; hindwings brown with purple reflections, brown fringes. Genitalia ♂ (pl. I f, g, l); uncus extremity with double hump, broad and flat; tegumen well sclerotised; vinculum rounded and broad posteriorly; valves subtriangular, with rounded distal end; sclerotized transtilla with median protrusion, lateral arms approximately equal; aedeagus with truncated base, sinuous, with horns at the distal end for ¼ of the total length; juxta approximately ½ length of the aedeagus with a sagittate end pointed. Genitalia ♀ (pl. I h, i): ovipositor with acuminate end in lateral view, bursa with signa, VII tergite and VII sternite slightly sclerotized sub-triangular.	en	Timossi, Giovanni, Huemer, Peter (2025): Adela paludicolella Zeller, 1850, and Adela orientella Staudinger, 1870 sp. rev. (Lepidoptera, Adelidae): two distinct species revealed by morphological analysis and DNA barcoding. Zootaxa 5621 (2): 249-261, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5621.2.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5621.2.5
03B5876AC6555076FF47FDF1DD9BFC4F.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology: adults are in flight in April and prefer white flowers of Leucanthemum, Bellis and Anthemis (Bryner, 2020). Habitat: Mediterranean maquis.	en	Timossi, Giovanni, Huemer, Peter (2025): Adela paludicolella Zeller, 1850, and Adela orientella Staudinger, 1870 sp. rev. (Lepidoptera, Adelidae): two distinct species revealed by morphological analysis and DNA barcoding. Zootaxa 5621 (2): 249-261, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5621.2.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5621.2.5
03B5876AC6555076FF47FDF1DD9BFC4F.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Greece incl. islands, Cyprus, Romania.	en	Timossi, Giovanni, Huemer, Peter (2025): Adela paludicolella Zeller, 1850, and Adela orientella Staudinger, 1870 sp. rev. (Lepidoptera, Adelidae): two distinct species revealed by morphological analysis and DNA barcoding. Zootaxa 5621 (2): 249-261, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5621.2.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5621.2.5
03B5876AC6555076FF47FDF1DD9BFC4F.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnostic Characters: Adela paludicolella is distinguished from Adela orientella by the forewings, which have a white median band curved towards the end of the wing (fig. 3, 4, 5, 6), by the shape of the valves of the uncus and transtilla (pl. I a, b, f, l), and in the female by the absence of signa in the corpus bursa (pl. I d, h). Finally, both species clearly differ in the DNA barcodes (Fig. 11).	en	Timossi, Giovanni, Huemer, Peter (2025): Adela paludicolella Zeller, 1850, and Adela orientella Staudinger, 1870 sp. rev. (Lepidoptera, Adelidae): two distinct species revealed by morphological analysis and DNA barcoding. Zootaxa 5621 (2): 249-261, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5621.2.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5621.2.5
