Check List 19(2): 155-161, doi: 10.15560/19.2.155
Out of East Asia: Epermenia sinjovi Gaedike, 1993 (Lepidoptera, Epermeniidae) newly recorded from the European Alps
Peter Huemer‡, Alfred Haslberger§, Andreas H. Segerer|‡ Tiroler Landesmuseen Betriebgsges.m.b.H., Innsbruck, Austria§ Unaffiliated, Teisendorf, Germany| Zoologische Staatssammlung München (SNSB), München, Germany
Corresponding author: Peter Huemer ( p.huemer@tiroler-landesmuseen.at ) Academic editor: Reza Zahiri © Peter Huemer, Alfred Haslberger, Andreas H. Segerer. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Huemer P, Haslberger A, Segerer AH (2023) Out of East Asia: Epermenia sinjovi Gaedike, 1993 (Lepidoptera, Epermeniidae) newly recorded from the European Alps. Check List 19(2): 155-161. https://doi.org/10.15560/19.2.155 |  |
Abstract
Epermenia sinjovi Gaedike, 1993, a species with a hitherto westernmost known occurrence in Central Siberia, is recorded from the European Alps (Tyrol, Austria and Bavaria, Germany). Its identification is based on DNA barcodes and morphological characteristics. The probability of a recent introduction is considered as very low due to the remoteness and wild nature of the habitat, and it seems likely that the species was previously over-looked due to its similarity to Epermenia chaerophyllella (Goeze, 1783).
Keywords
DNA barcode, Eastern Asia, Austria, Germany, overlooked species, Apiaceae