Pyralis papaleonei sp. nov. from Crete (Greece) (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae)

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Huemer, Peter, Kaila, Lauri, Segerer, Andreas H. (2026): Pyralis papaleonei sp. nov. from Crete (Greece) (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae). Nota Lepidopterologica 49: 63-74, DOI: 10.3897/nl.49.185483Abstract.Pyralis papaleonei sp. nov. is described based on diagnostic phenotypic and genital morphological characters as well as unique DNA barcodes (COI gene – cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1) and compared with closely related taxa occurring in the Eastern Mediterranean, namely P. kacheticalis and P. regalis. The new species is endemic to the island of Crete and currently only known from the White Mountains (Lefka Ori) in the western part of the island. Pyralis kacheticalis is recorded from Iraq and Armenia for the first time.