Revision of the Australian Oenochroma vinaria Guenée, 1858 species-complex: DNA barcoding reveals cryptic diversity and assesses status of type specimen without dissection

Date: 2009

Pub:  Zootaxa. 239 1-21

Author(s): Hausmann, A., Hebert, P.D.N., Mitchell, A., Rougerie, R., Sommerer, M., Edwards, T., & Young, C. J.

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Abstract:

The assembly of a DNA barcode library for Australian Lepidoptera revealed that Oenochroma vinaria Guenée, 1858, as currently understood, is actually a mix of two different species. By analyzing DNA barcodes from recently collected specimens and the 150 year-old female lectotype of O. vinaria, we propose a reliable assignment of the name vinaria to one of these two species. A lectotype is designated for Monoctenia decora, a confirmed synonym of O. vinaria, and a new species, Oenochroma barcodificata sp. nov., is described. This species is only known from Tasmania and New South Wales; its biology and immature stages are described in detail.