Coleophora flaviella Mann, 1857

Tabell, Jukka, Kullberg, Jaakko, Mutanen, Marko, Tokár, Zdenko & Sihvonen, Pasi, 2023, New and little known Coleophora Hübner, 1822 species from Morocco. Part I (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae), Zootaxa 5374 (2), pp. 151-195 : 161

Coleophora flaviella Mann, 1857

Barcode Index Number: BOLD:AAJ6626

Material studied. 4 ♂ (GP 11994 , 11995 , 13011 , 13010 ZT), 2 ♀ (GP 11989 , 11992 ZT) Anti Atlas Mts., Adar vill. 4 km NE, 1800 m, 13.–14.IV.2013, Z. Tokár leg. & coll., det. J. Tabell & Z. Tokár.; 1 ♂ (GP 21858 IgR) Tifnit 2 km S, 50 m, 9.IV.2013, Ľ. Srnka leg., I. Richter det. (coll. SRN); 1 ♀ (DNA sample 27508 Lepid Phyl) Anti-Atlas, Tiznit Prov., Tafraout 24 km SW, 1125 m, 13.IV.2015, J. Tabell leg.; 1 ♀ (GP 6154 J. Tabell, DNA sample 27124 Lepid Phyl) High Atlas, 6 km NW Ouirgane , road to Amizmiz , 1050 m, 1.–2.V.2016, C. Hviid, K. Larsen & D. Nilsson leg. (all coll. TAB) .

Molecular data. The barcodes of Moroccan C. flaviella exhibit 0.93 % maximum intraspecific variation (n=2). The minimum divergence from the barcodes of the European ( Austria, Greece, Italy, Spain) specimens is 1.56 %, which may indicate cryptic diversity. In southern Europe, the barcodes of C. flaviella (n = 6) exhibit 1.08 % maximum intraspecific variation.

Distribution. Southern and Central Europe, Libya, Turkey, Iran, Morocco. New to Morocco.