DNA barcoding confirms species rank for a cryptic geometrid species from Turkey and Bulgaria (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Sterrhinae)

摘要

Scapula drenowskii Stemeck, 1941, stat. n. is raised from the synonymy of Scapula decarata to species rank, based on differences in the male genitalia correlated to a considerable genetical distance in the DNA barcode region (COT). The 'new' species is known so far from Bulgaria and Turkey. The genus Scopula Schrank, 1802 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) contains more than 900 species worldwide, and is the most species-rich genus in the subfamily Sterrhinae (Sihvonen 2005). In Europe, the genus includes 50species in 9 species-groups, with 25 recorded for Turkey (Hausmann 2004; Kocak & Kemal 2007; Can 2008; Okyar & Mironov 2008). Identifications and taxonomy of several species in the genus are difficult (Hausmann 2004).