Can, Feza2024-09-182024-09-1820091175-53261175-5334https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2314.1.4https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12483/10930Scopula drenowskii Sterneck, 1941, stat. n. is raised from the synonymy of Scopula decorata to species rank, based on differences in the male genitalia correlated to a considerable genetical distance in the DNA barcode region (COI). The 'new' species is known so far from Bulgaria and Turkey.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessLepidopteraGeometridaeScopulaCOInew speciesPCRTurkeyDNA barcoding confirms species rank for a cryptic geometrid species from Turkey and Bulgaria (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Sterrhinae)Article2314636810.11646/zootaxa.2314.1.42-s2.0-73549109882Q3WOS:000273009500004Q3