Mercantouria neli Huemer, Lopez-Vaamonde & Triberti, sp. n.
TYPE LOCALITY
France, Dep. Alpes-Maritimes, Col de la Cayolle, 2080 m 19.vii.2013, leg. Mayr.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES
Latitude: 44°16'49"
Longitude: 6°44'21"
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)
Holotype ♂, genitalia slide Huemer TIN 94♂, TLMF; Paratypes 2♀, 1♂, genitalia slides Huemer TIN93♀, 95♂, J. Nel 24139♀, TLMF.
STATUS
Species
COMMENT
This species could be a representative of the genus Caloptilia (Huemer et al. 2016: 157). In this case Mercantouria will be a synonym of Caloptilia (JDP comment).
PUBLICATION
Huemer, P., Lopez-Vaamonde, C. & Triberti, P. 2016. A new genus and species of leaf-mining moth from the French Alps, Mercantouria neli gen. n., sp. n. (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae). - ZooKeys 586:145-162.
Huemer, P., Lopez-Vaamonde, C. & Triberti, P. 2016. A new genus and species of leaf-mining moth from the French Alps, Mercantouria neli gen. n., sp. n. (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae). - ZooKeys 586:145-162.
