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The Idaea lobaria species-group The Idaea lobaria species-group includes two species: I. lobaria and I. josephinae sp. nov. Male genitalia are characterized by the short, triangular uncus with narrowly truncate apex, shortly projecting saccus and shortly spatulate valva without spinules at the tip (Figs 2A, B; 3C, D). Female genitalia present posterior apophyses measuring twice the length of the anterior apophyses, short ductus bursae, and a pyriform corpus bursae that is longitudinally furrowed in its posterior part. DNA barcodes cluster in three different BINs from the Iberian Peninsula (BOLD: ACD0706), across North Africa (BOLD:AEE5597) to Israel (BOLD:ABZ0361). The further study of that genetic pattern was suggested by M��ller et al. (2019) and Hausmann et al. (2020)., Published as part of Guerrero, Juan-Jose, Hausmann, Axel & Ortiz, Antonio S., 2021, Description of Idaea josephinae sp. n. from the Iberian Peninsula (Lepidoptera Geometridae), pp. 369-377 in Zootaxa 4990 (2) on page 371, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.10, http://zenodo.org/record/5025948, {"references":["Muller, B., Erlacher, S., Hausmann, A., Rajaei, H., Sihvonen, P. & Skou, P. (2019) The Geometrid moths of Europe. Vol. 6. Part 1. Ennominae II. Brill, Leiden, 906 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 9789004387485","Hausmann, A., Muller, G. C. & Kravchenko, V. D. (2020) The Lepidoptera of Israel. Vol. 3. Geometridae. Akademischer Verlag Munchen, Munich, 256 pp."]}

Idaea josephinae sp. n. Type material. Holotype. Spain; ��� 1 ♂; prov. Murcia, Javal�� Nuevo, La Contraparada, lat: 37.994746, long: - 1.216436, 60 m; 21 Sep. 2020; leg. J.J. Guerrero; [Process ID] IBLAO1680-20; [genitalia preparation] G 890 ♂ JJ. Guerrero; coll. RCBA (Fig. 1 A). Paratypes. Spain; ��� 1 ♀; same data as holotype; [Process ID] IBLAO1706-20; coll. ZSM; ��� 1 ♀; [Process ID] IBLAO1691-20; coll. MNCN (Fig. 1 B); ��� 1 ♀; same data as holotype; 29 Jun. 2020; [Process ID] IBLAO1690-20; coll. RCBA; ��� 2 ♀♀; prov. Murcia, Las Torres de Cotillas, Rambla Salada, lat: 37.999215, long: -1.246926, 80 m; 8 Jul. 2003; leg. J.J. Guerrero; coll. ZSM (Fig. 1 C); ��� 1 ♀, 8 Jul. 2018 [Process ID] IBLAO1689-20; [genitalia prepara- tion] G 891 ♀ JJ. Guerrero; coll. MNCN; ��� 1 ♀, 8 Jul. 2018 [genitalia preparation] G 892 ♀ JJ. Guerrero; coll. RCBA; ��� 1 ♀; prov. Murcia, Las Torres de Cotillas, Embalse de los Rodeos, R��o Mula, lat: 38.043687, long: -1.300303, 120 m; 27 Jun. 2003; leg. J.J. Guerrero; [genitalia preparation] G 895 ♀ JJ. Guerrero; coll. RCBA; ��� 1 ♂, 24 Jul. 2003; [geni- talia preparation] G 894 ♀ JJ. Guerrero; coll. RCBA; ��� 2 ♀♀; prov. Murcia, Murcia, Ca��ada Hermosa, Rambla Salada, lat: 37.9856, long: -1.32313, 150 m; 29 Jun. 2006; leg. J.J. Guerrero; coll. RCBA; ��� 2 ♀♀, 17 Jul. 2006; coll. RCBA; ��� 1 ♀, 17 Jul. 2006; [Process ID] IBLAO906-12; [genitalia preparation] G 893 ♀ JJ. Guerrero; coll. RCBA. Etymology. The species epithet refers to Josephina, first name of the first author���s mother. Diagnosis. Idaea josephinae belongs to a group of iberian species with one distinct black discal dot in the narrow forewing, slightly concave hindwing margin, creamy white ground colour, and sometimes vaguely marked brownish transverse lines. This species is also similar to the infirmaria species-group including I. saleri, I. tineata, I. infirmaria and l. rhodogrammaria, as outlined in Hausmann (2004). All these species are similar in habitus and share small male genitalia with setose base of uncus, slender and spatulate valva. The cornutus is present in I. infirmaria and I. rhodogrammaria, the truncated or sub-bilobed uncus in I. saleri, I. tineata and I. infirmaria. Major diagnostic characters are found in the male genitalia (Figs 2A, B; 3C, D). The male genitalia of I. josephinae differ from those of I. tineata by the presence of cornutus and by the presence of an untruncated uncus in I. saleri, narrowed and sharped in I. rhodogrammaria and truncated in I. infirmaria and I. rhodogramaria. The female genitalia differ from those of I. saleri, I. infirmaria and l. rhodogrammaria by the presence of a broad and bilobed antrum while I. saleri has a very long ductus bursae. The corpus bursae of I. infirmaria and l. rhodogrammaria is sclerotized. A bilobed antrum is present also in I. tineata but the latter differs from I. josephinae by a lateral appendix bursae. Certain forms of sympatric Idaea fractilineata are very similar, but the spring generation is slightly larger (wingspan ♂ ♀ 12���16 mm), discal spots usually inconspicuous, male hindtarsus shortened, 0.4���0.5 times the length of tibia. Female genitalia smaller, antrum not laterally swollen, ductus bursae shorter and sclerotized. Allopatric North African and Levant Idaea lobaria with slight differences in external appearance, but in male genitalia with a narrower base of the valva and narrower aedeagus without cornutus. Female genitalia similar, with narrower antrum lobes and a slightly longer ductus bursae. Finally, all species are easily separated by their DNA barcode sequences (Fig. 4). Description. External characters and abdomen: Small, wingspan ♂ ♀ 10���15 mm (average 13.3 mm; n=11), although the second-generation specimens are much smaller (mean 10.7 mm; n=3). Forewing narrow with slightly pointed apex, hindwing margin slightly concave between M1-M3. Ground colour white or creamy white, sometimes with pale brown suffusion. Transverse lines from pink or salmon-pink to brown, basal, antemedial, medial and postmedial lines sharp, thin and curved towards costa. Subterminal line wider and lobed, terminal line wavy, well defined and wide. Terminal area pale brown with paler wavy line. Cell spots black, sharp, very small, but conspicuous. Antennae of male ciliate-fasciculate, cilia dense and curved. Hindfemur, -tibia and -tarsus slender and of equal length. Fringe scales long, concolorous with transverse lines, sometimes with black basal dots. Variation. Ground colour white or creamy white, sometimes with pale brown transverse lines with variable dark suffusion. Medial line sometimes conspicuously dark. Male genitalia. Uncus short, triangular, narrowly truncate at the apex. Gnathos short with a rounded tip. Saccus shortly projecting. Valva shortly spatulate, length 0.9 mm, without spinules at tip. Aedeagus broad, straight, length 0.85 mm. Aedeagus with a narrow, straight, strongly sclerotized cornutus, length 0.2 mm. (Figs 2A, B). Female genitalia. Papillae anales slightly sclerotized and setose. Posterior apophyses twice the length of anterior apophyses. Antrum swollen and laterally bilobed, sclerotized at base. Ductus bursae short and wide. Corpus bursae pyriform, anteriorly wrinkled longitudinally furrowed in its posterior part (Fig. 2C). Distribution and abundance. Iberian endemic restricted to south-easternmost Spain. Rare and local. Biology. Host plant and early stages are unknown. Bivoltine species, adults have been collected from early June to mid-July and, again in mid-September in xerothermophilous and riparian habitats (Figs 5A, B). At a first glance, the species had to be considered as xerothermophilous inhabiting two semi-desert landscapes around seasonal or sporadic water courses at 150 m above sea-level, but later both generations were collected in a lush riverside vegetation area next to the Segura river (Fig. 5C). For a detailed description of the xerothermophilous habitat see Guerrero et al. (2018). Molecular analysis. BIN BOLD:ACD0706 (n=6; Table 1; sequence length 633 to 658 bp). Intraspecific varia- tion 0%. Judged from COI divergence, the new species is isolated from Idaea lobaria barcodes from Morocco (n=2) and Tunisia (n=1) by genetic distances of 1.9% and 2.1%, the last two clustering to another BIN (BOLD:AAE5597). Levantine populations of I. lobaria from Israel and Jordan (n=5; BOLD:ABZ0361) diverge by 2.8% from Span- ish I. josephinae (cf. Hausmann et al. 2020). Nearest species in Europe: I. consanguiberica (5.7%), I. belemiata (6.1%). At larger genetic distance (7.4%) from I. infirmaria which previously had been suspected as potentially being closely related (cf. Table 1, Fig. 4). The new species belongs to a phylogenetically isolated lineage related to the North African and Levantine Idaea lobaria, which is well supported by morphology and genetic data (M��ller et al. 2019; Hausmann et al. 2020)., Published as part of Guerrero, Juan-Jose, Hausmann, Axel & Ortiz, Antonio S., 2021, Description of Idaea josephinae sp. n. from the Iberian Peninsula (Lepidoptera Geometridae), pp. 369-377 in Zootaxa 4990 (2) on pages 371-376, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4990.2.10, http://zenodo.org/record/5025948, {"references":["Hausmann, A. (2004) The Geometrid moths of Europe. Vol. 2. Sterrhinae. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, 600 pp.","Guerrero, J. J., Garre, M., Rubio, R. M., Hausmann, A. & Ortiz, A. S. (2018) First record of Idaea lobaria Chretien, 1909 from the Iberian Peninsula (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologia, 46 (183), 451 - 454.","Chretien, P. (1909) Notes biologiques sur les lepidopteres de Biskra et description d'especes nouvelles. Le Naturaliste, 31 (527), 44 - 46.","Hausmann, A., Muller, G. C. & Kravchenko, V. D. (2020) The Lepidoptera of Israel. Vol. 3. Geometridae. Akademischer Verlag Munchen, Munich, 256 pp.","Muller, B., Erlacher, S., Hausmann, A., Rajaei, H., Sihvonen, P. & Skou, P. (2019) The Geometrid moths of Europe. Vol. 6. Part 1. Ennominae II. Brill, Leiden, 906 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 9789004387485"]}

Athroolopha latimargo Rothschild, 1914 bona sp., stat. rev. Athroolopha chrysitaria latimargo Rothschild, 1914: Novit. Zool. 21: 351 (Central Algeria: Guelt-Es-Stel). Fidonia pennigeraria orientalis Rothschild, 1925: Bull. Soc. Sci. nat. Maroc 5 (4-5): 149 (Algeria: Hauts Plateaux, Province of Constantine: Batna, Khenchela, Constantine, etc.). Synonym of latimargo according to Leraut (2009) and M��ller et al. (2019). Description: Adult (Fig. 1A). Head black, mouth appendices black; antennae black feather-like (partially bipectinate) in male and filiform in female. Frons, collar, thorax and abdomen dark grey with scattered lighter scales. Wingspan male 37 mm and female 33.2 mm; forewing ground colour brownish, with scattered orange, grey and whitish scales, crossed by two transverse and continuous wavy whitish lines. Postmedial line with two teeth, median line with one tooth blurred in females. Median and basal darker than distal areas displaying more contrasting effect. Hindwings orangey yellow with broad blackish margin from apex to tornus, with scattered orangey yellow scales and without a band in the costa. Fringes chequered dark brown and orangey yellow weakly. Ground colour of underside orange, brown speckled. Male genitalia (Fig. 1C). Uncus wide, triangular, weakly setose, tip bent beak-shaped. Gnathos arms wide, fused ventrally, granulate. Valva near apex and ventrally membranous, base extended, apex rounded. Costa sclerotized, subapically setose over half of valve length. Sacculus at base sclerotized, smooth, apically more membranous, setose. Valva wider than in A. pennigeraria, dorsal margin slightly concave. Saccus tapered, tip dorsally bent, longer than in A. pennigeraria. Shield-shapped juxta posteriorly forming a ring, anteriorly with two sclerotized, tapered lobes and a rounded triangular projection. Aedeagus short, narrower towards apex, caecum less round and sclerotized than in A. pennigeraria. Without cornuti. Female genitalia. No differences were observed when compared to A. chrysitaria female genitalia in M��ller et al. (2019; pg. 341, fig. 117). Diagnosis. Athroolopha latimargo is externally similar to Athroolopha chrysitaria which were hitherto considered conspecific at different subspecific rank and very different to Athroolopha pennigeraria. It differs from the former by a less dark forewing pattern displaying a soft contrast with wavy whitish lines and hindwing with orange colour, although both could be very variable and, from the latter, by forewing with white lines sharper with whitish scales in medial area and hindwing with dark brown terminal continuous band from apex to tornus which does not reach the anal and costal margin. Diagnostic characters are found in the male genitalia which differ from A. pennigeraria in gnathos arms wider, valve wider, costa and ventral margin less concave and from A. chrysitaria in valve more rounded at tip, uncus shorter and rounded, gnathos shorter and juxta longer (M��lller et al. 2019; pg. 666, fig. 117). The COI sequences of the sampled specimens had between 621 and 635 nucleotide bp and indicate significant divergence with mean distances to A. pennigeraria of 5.27% and to A. chrysitaria of 1.85% (Table 1). The maximum intraspecific divergence detected was 0.2% (n=3). Distance between A. pennigeraria and A. chrysitaria is 5.4% with n=1 (M��ller et al. 2019). Bionomics. The larva was not observed but since Athroolopha chrysitaria is monophagous on Erica spp. in Sicily, the larva probably feeds on Erica umbellata Loefl. ex L. that is present in the area. The adult seems to be a monovoltine species and are on the wing at the end of May and probably at the beginning of June. Habitats are middle-mountains areas, garrigue scrubland with trees and maquis in a Mediterranean shrubland at 410 m above sea-level within the thermomediterranean bioclimatic belt, and characterized with very constant and smooth temperatures throughout the year with annual rainfall that exceeds 800 mm /m��, reaching 1000-1600 mm /m�� thanks to the oceanic fronts that sweep it from west to east during autumn, winter and spring (Fig. 1D, E). Distribution. Known from in the furthest point of the south of the Iberian Peninsula and from Morocco to Eastern Algeria. No records from Tunisia. Remarks. M��ller et al. (2019) considered latimargo as a subspecific name of A. pennigeraria while Leraut (2009) validated as subspecies of A. chrysitaria., Published as part of Guerrero, Juan J., Cuenca, E. David, Barros, David & Ortiz, Antonio S., 2020, Redescription and DNA barcoding of diurnal moth Athroolopha latimargo Rothschild, 1914 bona sp., stat. rev. from the southern Iberian Peninsula (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae), pp. 582-588 in Zootaxa 4729 (4) on pages 584-586, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4729.4.9, http://zenodo.org/record/3753488, {"references":["Rothschild, N. C. (1914) A preliminary account of the lepidopterous fauna of Guelt-es-Stel, central Algeria. Novitates zoologicae, 21, 299 - 357. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 16331","Leraut, P. (2009) Moths of Europe. Geometrid Moths. Vol. 2. N. A. P. Editions, Verrieres-le-Buisson, 804 pp.","Muller, B., Erlacher, S., Hausmann, A., Rajaei, H., Sihvonen, P. & Skou, P. (2019) The Geometrid moths of Europe. Vol. 6. Part 1 & 2. Ennominae II. Brill, Leiden, 906 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 9789004387485 _ 001"]}

Guerrero, Juan J., Cuenca, E. David, Barros, David, Ortiz, Antonio S. (2020): Redescription and DNA barcoding of diurnal moth Athroolopha latimargo Rothschild, 1914 bona sp., stat. rev. from the southern Iberian Peninsula (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae). Zootaxa 4729 (4): 582-588, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4729.4.9