Currently, I am working on the genus Abraxas, and their ID's are based on the morphology, genitalia structure and DNA Barcode. But I have come across a problem, the species which have been identified as same species based on genitalia structure and DNA Barcode and also shows same species in the phylogenetic tree, but BOLDSystems has assigned them in different BIN's. Is it possible to have two or more different BIN's for the same species?
e.g.
Abraxas pusilla (IJ3561) - BOLD:AAJ4317
Abraxas pusilla (IJ3566) - BOLD:ABX6196
Abraxas pusilla (MF052436) - BOLD:AEE2493 - https://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=GBMNC53061-20
Quite possibly, that is called species with 'deep split' barcode divergence. We presented many examples in our North American Noctuoidea barcode library a single species with 18 BINs! First, you need to make sure there's no misID involved, very common mistake. Could be an overlooked species despite having the same morphology and genitalic structures in adults, but different ecology and behaviour, pheromones, spatial distributions, etc.
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