Stigmella aceris (Frey, 1857)

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 : 156

11. Stigmella aceris (Frey, 1857)

( Figs 22 , 69 )

Host-plants. Acer campestre L. and A. tataricum L. in the Crimea; in other regions also other species of Acer .

Type of distribution (chorological group). Euro-Submediterranean; the species occurs from Spain and Great Britain to Estonia, central European Russia, Greece, and Asia Minor .

Material examined. CRIMEA: 20 km SW Feodosiya, Karadag Reserve, empty leaf-mines and larvae on A. campestre L., fieldwork card no. 4972, 12 –26.viii.2009, leg. A. Remeikis & J.R. Stonis; the same locality, empty leaf-mines on Acer campestre L. and Acer tataricum L., fieldwork card no. 5028, 13 –14.vii.2011, leg. A. Diškus & A. Navickaitė; 12 km Sudak, Sonyachna Dolyna, empty leaf-mines and larva on Acer campestre L. and Acer tataricum L., fieldwork card no. 5028, 17.vii.2011, leg. A. Diškus & A. Navickaitė; Yalta, Mys Martian, empty leaf-mines on Acer campestre L., fieldwork card no. 5028, 18.vii.2011, leg. A. Diškus & A. Navickaitė; 1♂, Yalta Mountain Forest Reserve, mining larva on Acer campestre L., fieldwork card no. 5028, 19.vii.2011, leg. A. Diškus & A. Navickaitė, genitalia slide no. AN 477♂; 23 km S Simferopol, Pereval'ne, empty leaf-mines on Acer campestre L., fieldwork card no. 5028, 21.vii.2011, leg. A. Diškus & A. Navickaitė; 12 km N Alushta, Lavanda, empty leaf-mines on Acer campestre L., fieldwork card no. 5028, 09.viii.2011, leg. J. R. Stonis, A. Navickaitė & G. Varači nskas.

Remarks. The species is very common in the Crimea: very widespread and very 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.

FIGURES 66 – 69. Male genitalia of the Stigmella species occurring in the Crimea. 66, S. paliurella, genitalia slide no. RA 252; 67, S. glutinosae, genitalia slide no. AN 514; 68, S. prunetorum, genitalia slide no. AN 202; 69, S. aceris, genitalia slide no. AN 477.