33. Stigmella lemniscella (Zeller, 1839) (new to the Crimea)

(Figs 50, 51)

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

Type of distribution (chorological group). Euro-Submediterranean; the species is widespread in Europe occurring from Spain and Ireland to Finland, central European Russia, Bulgaria, and the western Caucasus.

Material examined. CRIMEA: 20 km SW Feodosiya, Karadag Reserve, empty leaf-mines on Ulmus sp., fieldwork card no. 5031, 14.vii.2011, leg. A. Diškus; 23 km S Simferopol, near Angarskij Pereval, empty leafmines on Ulmus sp., fieldwork card no. 5031, 22.vii.2011, leg. A. Diškus; 12 km E Sudak, Sonyachna Dolyna, empty leaf-mines on Ulmus sp., fieldwork card no. 5031, 17.vii.2011, leg. A. Diškus & A. Navickaitė; Yalta, Mountain Forest Reserve, empty leaf-mines on Ulmus sp., fieldwork card no. 5031, 19.vii.2011, leg. A. Diškus & A. Navickaitė; 49 km S Simferopol, Alushta, empty leaf-mines on Ulmus sp., fieldwork card no. 5031, 08.viii.2011, leg. J. R. Stonis, A. Navickaitė & G. Varačinskas.

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