Depressaria junnilaineni, a new species from the veneficella species-group (Depressariinae, Lepidoptera) from the West Palaearctic, with additional information on the rare species D. pentheri and D. erzurumella. Centre for Entomological Studies, Miscellaneous Papers 166: 1-19.
The species Depressaria junnilaineni sp. n. is described. It is closely related to D. hannemanniana, D. erzurumella and D. pentheri. The two last species have so far only been inadequately known; supplementary data are presented here. Barcodes examined in 2013 of âDepressaria discipunctellaâ from Spain resulted in two distinct clusters. Differences in male genitalia and in external appearance associated with the different clusters indicated a specific difference, but strong similarity with male genitalia of D. pentheri in combination with insufficient knowledge of that species at first prevented description as a new species. The discovery of a recently collected specimen of D. pentheri in a private collection filled these gaps. The new species is known from Greece, Morocco, Spain, Syria and Turkey.