First record and DNA barcode of the clearwing moth Tinthia tineiformis (Esper, 1789) from Malta, central Mediterranean

Clare Marie Mifsud; Denis Magro; Adriana Vella

doi:10.15560/15.4.595

Notes on Geographic Distribution

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Check List 15(4): 595-599

doi: 10.15560/15.4.595

Received: 19 Apr 2019 | Approved: 03 Jul 2019 | Published: 02 Aug 2019

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Authors

Clare Marie Mifsud

Conservation Biology Research Group, Biology Department, University of Malta, Msida, Malta

Biological Conservation Research Foundation, PO BOX 30, Ħamrun, Malta

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Denis Magro

Biological Conservation Research Foundation, PO BOX 30, Ħamrun, Malta

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Adriana Vella - Corresponding author

Conservation Biology Research Group, Biology Department, University of Malta, Msida, Malta

Biological Conservation Research Foundation, PO BOX 30, Ħamrun, Malta

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Academic editor

Ivan N. Bolotov

Northern Arctic Federal University,

N. Laverov Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Research of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Arkhangelsk, Russia

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Author contributions

AV and CMM assessed the location and habitat features associated with the specimen under investigation, undertook the morphological and genetic data analyses and prepared the manuscript; DM observed and captured the live specimen and pinned the specimen in preparation for morphological analyses after taking records of its behavioural characteristics.

Conflict of interest

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Supporting agencies

This study was partially funded by the BioCon_Innovate Research Fund from the University of Malta

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