Stigmella dorsigutella (Johansson, 1971)

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 : 164

41. Stigmella dorsigutella (Johansson, 1971)

( Figs 53 , 104–106 )

Host-plants. Quercus pubescens Willd. and possibly other species of Quercus in the Crimea.

Type of distribution (chorological group). Euro-Submediterranean; the species occurs from Spain and Italy to Sweden, Poland and Turkey.

Material examined. CRIMEA: 1♂, 20 km SW Feodosiya, Karadag Reserve, at light, 20.viii.1987, leg. Yu. Budashkin genitalia slide no. AG 120♂; 4♂, the same locality, at light, 12–18.vii.1987, leg. R. Puplesis, genitalia slide nos AN 212♂, RA 251♂; 19♂, the same locality, 26.vii–01.viii.2011, at light, leg. J. R. Stonis, A. Navickaitė, G. Varačinskas; 5♂, the same locality, mining larva on Quercus pubescens Willd. , fieldwork card no. 5059, 04.viii.2011, leg. A. Navickaitė; 6♂, the same locality, at light, 23.viii.2011, leg. J. R. Stonis & S. Hill; 2♂, the same locality, at light, 24.viii.2011, leg. J. R. Stonis & S. Hill; 7♂; Yalta, Mys Martian, at light, 29.vi–08.vii.1988, leg. R. Puplesis, genitalia slide nos RA 256♂, RA 260♂.

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

Figures

FIGURES 48 – 55. Leaf-mines of the Stigmella and Acalyptris species occurring in the Crimea. 48, S. carpinella on Carpinus betulus; 49, S. incognitella on Malus domestica; 50, 51, S. lemniscella on Ulmus sp.; 52, S. splendidissimella on Geum sp.; 53, S. dorsigutella on Quercus pubescens, 54, 55, A. platani on Platanus sp.

FIGURES 102 – 105. Male genitalia of the Stigmella species occurring in the Crimea. 102, S. basiguttella, capsule, genitalia slide no. AN 206; 103, same, phallus; 104, S. dorsigutella, capsule, genitalia slide no. AN 212; 105, same, phallus.

FIGURES 106 – 109. Male genitalia of the Stigmella species occurring in the Crimea. 106, S. dorsigutella, genitalia slide no. AN 527; 107, S. samiatella, genitalia slide no. AN 520; 108, S. roborella, genitalia slide no. AN 484; 109, S. roborella, phallus, genitalia slide no. RA 257.