Coptotriche marginea (Haworth, 1828), 1890

Alipanah, Helen, Nieukerken, Erik J. van, Farahani, Samira & Buszko, Jaroslaw, 2022, Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera) leafminers new to Iran, including Tischeria caucasica on Quercus: a sibling species of T. ekebladella or a case of clinal variation?, Nota Lepidopterologica 45, pp. 9-32 : 9

Coptotriche marginea (Haworth, 1828)

Material examined.

Iran, Māzandarān Prov., Vāz, 3.x.2007, J. Buszko leg., Rubus , mines, rearing failed ; Tehrān Prov.: Tehrān, Lavāsān, 28.ix.2007, J. Buszko leg., Rubus , mines, rearing failed .

Distribution.

Europe: Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France (including Corsica), Germany, Great Britain, Greece (including Crete), Hungary, Ireland, Italy (including Sardinia and Sicily), Luxemburg, Malta, Netherlands, N. Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine; North Africa: Morocco; Asia: Turkey, Turkmenistan ( Diškus and Puplesis 2003a; Koçak and Kemal 2009; Zerafa 2009; Karsholt and van Nieukerken 2017), Iran (Amsel 1959, 1961; Mirzayans and Kalali 1970).

Host plants.

Rubus caesius L., R. canescens DC., R. fruticosus L., R. grabowskii Weihe, R. idaeus L., R. laciniatus Willd., R. macrophyllus Weihe & Nees, R. nemorosus Hayne, R. pedunculosus D. Don, R. plicatus Weihe et Nees, R. saxatilis L., R. tomentosus Borkh., R. ulmifolius Schott ( Diškus and Puplesis 2003a; Ellis 2021).

Remark.

Already Christoph (1873) reported this species from Golestan, from a specimen taken around oaks; its is therefore possible that he mistook a Tischeria species. Later Mirzayans and Kalali (1970) recorded it from leafmines, and also our new records are based on the characteristic leafmines, as rearing failed, but confirmation by adults would still be required as several species feed on Rubus .