Stigmella ulmivora (Fologne, 1860)

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 : 159

23. Stigmella ulmivora (Fologne, 1860) (new to the Crimea)

( Figs 36 , 86 )

Host-plants. Ulmus spp. in the Crimea (as in other regions).

Type of distribution (chorological group). Euro-Submediterranean; the species occurs from Spain and Ireland to Finland, Croatia and the Crimea.

Material examined. CRIMEA: 2♂, 2♀, Feodosiya, mining larvae on Ulmus sp., fieldwork card no. 5061, 05.viii.2011, leg. J. R. Stonis, A. Navickaitė & G. Varačinskas, genitalia slide no. AN 505♂.

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

Figures

FIGURES 32 – 39. Leaf-mines of the Stigmella species occurring in the Crimea. 32, S. malella on Malus domestica; 33, S. rhamnella on Rhamnus cathartica; 34, 35, S. viscerella on Ulmus sp.; 36, S. ulmivora on Ulmus sp.; 37, S. ulmiphaga on Ulmus sp.; 38, 39, S. rolandi on Rosa canina.

FIGURES 86 – 89. Male genitalia of the Stigmella species occurring in the Crimea. 86, S. ulmivora, genitalia slide no. AN 505; 87, S. ulmiphaga, genitalia slide no. AN 506; 88, S. thuringiaca, capsule, genitalia slide no. AN 490; 89, same, phallus.