Stigmella alnetella (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 : 155

8. Stigmella alnetella (Stainton, 1854) (new to the Crimea)

( Figs 18, 19 )

Host-plants. Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaerth. in the Crimea; in other regions also other spesies of Alnus , occasionally Betula pendula Roth and B. pubescens Ehrh.

Type of distribution (chorological group). Euro-Mediterranean; the species is widespread in Europe: from Portugal and Spain to Finland and the Crimea.

Material examined. CRIMEA: 49 km S Simferopol, Alushta, empty leaf-mines on Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn., fieldwork card no. 5066, 08.viii.2011, leg. J. R. Stonis, A. Navickaitė & G. Varačinskas.

Remarks. The species is rare in the Crimea: highly limited in distribution and not abundant. It occurs near to streams or rivers.

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.