Stigmella microtheriella (Stainton, 1854)

Navickaitė, Asta, Diškus, Arūnas & Stonis, Jonas R., 2014, An updated checklist of Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) of the Crimea, Sub-Mediterranean SE Europe, Zootaxa 3847 (2), pp. 151-202 : 154-155

7. Stigmella microtheriella (Stainton, 1854) (new to the Crimea)

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Host-plants. Carpinus orientalis Mill. and Corylus avellana L. in the Crimea; in other regions also other species of Carpinus and Corylus , as well as cultivated Ostrya carpinifolia Scop.

Distribution. Euro-Mediterranean; the species occurs from Spain and Ireland to Finland, central European Russia and Greece.

Material examined. CRIMEA: Yalta, Mountain Forest Reserve and Botanical Garden, empty leaf-mines on Carpinus orientalis M. Bieb. , fieldwork card no. 5041, 19.vii.2011, leg. A. Diškus & A. Navickaitė; 23 km S Simferopol, near Angarskij Pereval, empty leaf-mines on Carpinus orientalis M. Bieb. , fieldwork card no. 5041, 21.vii.2011, A. Diškus & A. Navickaitė; 20 km SW Feodosiya, Karadag Reserve, larva on Corylus avellana L., fieldwork card no. 5041, 24.vii.2011, leg. A. Diškus & A. Navickaitė.

Remarks. The species is not rare in the Crimea: widespread and abundant.

Figures

FIGURES 16 – 23. Leaf-mines of the Stigmella species occurring in the Crimea. 16, S. microtheriella on Carpinus orientalis; 17, S. glutinosae on Alnus glutinosa; 18, 19, S. alnetella on Alnus glutinosa; 20, 21, S. prunetorum on Prunus cerasifera (20) and P. spinosa (21); 22, S. aceris on Acer campestre; 23, S. paradoxa on Crataegus monogyna.