Stigmella salicis (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 : 161

28. Stigmella salicis (Stainton, 1854)

( Figs 42, 43 )

Host-plants. Salix caprea L. in the Crimea; in other regions also other species of Salix , occasionally Myrica gale L.

Type of distribution (chorological group). Trans-Palaearctic; the species is widespread in Europe, also occurs in the Caucasus and Japan (possibly with a continuous distribution throughout Siberia).

Material examined. CRIMEA: Simferopol, empty leaf-mines on Salix caprea L., fieldwork card no. 5046, 22.vii.2011, leg. A. Diškus & A. Navickaitė.

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

Figures

FIGURES 40 – 47. Leaf-mines of the Stigmella species occurring in the Crimea. 40, 41, S. trimaculella on Populus sp.; 42, 43, S. salicis on Salix caprea; 44, 45, S. obliquella on Salix sp.; 46, 47, S. tityrella on Fagus sylvatica.