Stigmella trimaculella (Haworth, 1828)

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 : 160-161

27. Stigmella trimaculella (Haworth, 1828) (new to the Crimea)

( Figs 40, 41 , 94 )

Host-plants. Populus nigra L. in the Crimea; in other regions also other species of Populus .

Type of distribution (chorological group). Euro-Siberian; the species is widespread in Europe, also occurs in the southern Ural and Siberia ( Russia: Novosibirsk).

Material examined. CRIMEA: 3♂, 2♀, 31 km SW Feodosiya, Kurortnoe, mining larva on Populus nigra L., fieldwork card no. 5056, 29 –31.vii.2011, leg. A. Diškus, A. Navickaitė & G. Varačinskas; 49 km S Simferopol, Alushta, empty leaf-mines on Populus nigra L., fieldwork card no. 5056, 08.viii.2011, leg. J. R. Stonis, A. Navickaitė & G. Varačinskas; 12 km N Alushta, Lavanda, empty leaf-mines, fieldwork card no. 5056, 09.viii.2011, leg. J. R. Stonis, A. Navickaitė & G. Varačinskas.

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

FIGURES 94 – 97. Male genitalia of the Stigmella species occurring in the Crimea. 94, S. trimaculella, genitalia slide no. AN 499; 95, S. obliquella, genitalia slide no. AN 501; 96, S. incognitella, capsule, genitalia slide no. AN 214; 97, same, phallus.