{"title":"<i>Elachistadimicatella</i> sensu auctt.-a complex of neglected species diversity (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae) from European mountain systems.","authors":"Lauri Kaila, Peter Huemer","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1212.126598","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Elachistadimicatella</i> Rebel, 1903, has so far been considered a species in Europe with restricted distribution from Ukraine to western France. The species occurs on mountainous regions. However, the in-depth analysis of a taxonomically uncertain species of <i>Elachista</i> from the Cottian Alps (Italy), especially through DNA barcoding and subsequent morphological studies, led to the realization that individuals previously identified as <i>E.dimicatella</i> from the Cottian Alps and the Pyrenees were misidentified. According to our research, a total of three species can be differentiated: <i>E.dimicatella</i> from Carpathians and its former junior synonym <i>E.niphadophanes</i> Meyrick, 1937, <b>sp. rev.</b>, from the Pyrenees, as well as the newly described <i>E.cottiella</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> from southwestern Alps, hitherto incorrectly identified as <i>E.dimicatella</i>. Diagnostic features of the three species are discussed and illustrated. <i>Elachistadimicatella</i> and <i>E.niphadophanes</i> are redescribed.</p>","PeriodicalId":1,"journal":{"name":"Accounts of Chemical Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":16.4000,"publicationDate":"2024-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11420535/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Accounts of Chemical Research","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1212.126598","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2024/1/1 0:00:00","PubModel":"eCollection","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Elachistadimicatella Rebel, 1903, has so far been considered a species in Europe with restricted distribution from Ukraine to western France. The species occurs on mountainous regions. However, the in-depth analysis of a taxonomically uncertain species of Elachista from the Cottian Alps (Italy), especially through DNA barcoding and subsequent morphological studies, led to the realization that individuals previously identified as E.dimicatella from the Cottian Alps and the Pyrenees were misidentified. According to our research, a total of three species can be differentiated: E.dimicatella from Carpathians and its former junior synonym E.niphadophanes Meyrick, 1937, sp. rev., from the Pyrenees, as well as the newly described E.cottiellasp. nov. from southwestern Alps, hitherto incorrectly identified as E.dimicatella. Diagnostic features of the three species are discussed and illustrated. Elachistadimicatella and E.niphadophanes are redescribed.
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Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance.
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