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SUBMITTER: Huemer P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4857034 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
ZooKeys 20160504 586
The Alps are a hotspot of biodiversity in Europe with many Lepidoptera species still to be discovered. Here we describe a new gracillariid genus and species, Mercantouria neli gen. n. and sp. n. The morphology of the male genitalia is highly differentiated with unique features. DNA barcodes show that its nearest neighbor is the North American species 'Caloptilia' scutellariella (Braun, 1923). Mercantouria neli is known from four adults (two males and two females) collected at two localities in t ...[more]