16. Stigmella crataegella (Klimesch, 1936) (new to the Crimea)

(Figs 28, 29, 78)

Host-plants. Crataegus orientalis M. Bieb. in the Crimea; in other regions also other species of Crataegus .

Type of distribution (chorological group)West-Palaearctic; the species is widespread in Europe, also occurs in western Asia (the western Caucasus and Turkmenistan).

Material examined. CRIMEA: 2♂, 3♀, 20 km SW Feodosiya, Karadag Reserve, mining larvae on Crataegus orientalis M. Bieb., fieldwork card no. 5016, 12 –24.vii.2011, leg. A. Diškus & A. Navickaitė, genitalia slide no. AN 476♂; 50 km SE Feodosiya, Sudak, empty leaf-mines on Crataegus orientalis M. Bieb., fieldwork card no. 5016, 15.vii.2011, leg. A. Diškus & A. Navickaitė.

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