Scythris argentierella Nel, 2014 Scythris argentierella Nel 2014a: 7, figs. 3, 9. Examined material. Holotype ♀: France, Hautes-Alpes, L’Argentière-la-Bessée, 16.VII.2013, 1200 m, J. Nel leg., genitalia slide JN n°27703 (RCJN) [TLMF]. BOLD Specimen ID TLMF 28236; BOLD Sequence ID PALEA226-20. BIN: BOLD:AEC5598 Identity: Scythris argentierella Nel, 2014, identity uncertain. Remarks. Scythris argentierella was described from a female holotype and randomly compared with several superficially similar species such as S. staudingeri Jäckh, 1978 (Nel 2014a). However, the DNA barcode sequence of the holotype is nearest to S. laminella ([Denis & Schifferm̹ller], 1775), a species belonging to a different species group, with ca. 6% divergence. As several species of Scythris remain without sequences, and the male of S. argentierella is still unknown, the taxonomic status will have to be re-assessed in the future.

Published as part of Huemer, Peter & Van Nieukerken, Erik J., 2021, Identity of some recently described Lepidoptera from France-re-assessed with DNA barcodes and morphology, pp. 301-337 in Zootaxa 4941 (3) on page 331, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4941.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4595123