Dear Mike,

I think, you have seen the open-access-paper of ZLATKOV & HUEMER (2019): Remarkable confusion in some Western Palearctic Clepsis leads to a revised taxonomic concept (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae). - ZooKeys 885: 51–87. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.885.38655. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/38655/download/pdf/352418

I asked the authors about several specimens in Lepiforum, and Boyan Zlatkov answered to my questions. My question number 3:

"http://www.lepiforum.de/1_forum.pl?page=1;md=read;id=22474 und http://www.lepiforum.de/1_forum.pl?page=1;md=read;id=23137 : Diese Falter von Zypern könnten ja alles sein, einschließlich Clepsis acclivana, denen sie räumlich am nächsten kommen. Auch nur C. consimilana?? Da bin ich sehr gespannt …"

The answer of Boyan Zlatkov:

"The third moth is Clepsis sp. [...]. I would not say anything more for the moths two and three without dissection, otherwise it would be just a speculation."

Is a dissection possible? [for the answer please use Forum 2]

Best wishes,

Erwin Rennwald