Limnesia (Limnesia) koenikei Piersig 1894

Limnesia (Limnesia) koenikei Piersig, 1894 Material examined. Portugal, Guarda: • Seia, Covão do Forno, 40.369°N, 7.638°W, 1574 m a.s.l., 19 Aug. 2023, leg. Ferreira, Benitez-Bosco & Padilha, 1 ♂, 2 ♀ (sequenced); • Seia, Rio Alva, Central hidroelétrica de Ponte dos Jugais, river, 40.385°N, 7.706°W, 555 m a.s.l., 24 Aug. 2023, leg. Ferreira, Benitez-Bosco & Padilha, 1 ♂ (sequenced). Remarks. The sequences obtained from the specimens from Portugal cluster within BOLD: ADF 6559, which includes one specimen from the Netherlands assigned to L. koenikei. The p - distance from the latter BIN and its nearest neighbor BOLD: ACS 0816, which includes specimens of L. koenikei from Norway and the Netherlands, was estimated at 2.09 %. Distribution. Holarctic; widely distributed in Europe but here reported for the first time for Portugal.