Stigmella rhododendri Puplesis, 1985: 65

Stonis, Jonas R. & Rocienė, Agnė, 2013, Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) of East Asia (1). Re-examination of the male genitalia of types deposited at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Zootaxa 3652 (1), pp. 1-59 : 16

24. Stigmella rhododendri Puplesis, 1985: 65 ;

a junior syn. of Stigmella lediella ( Schleich, 1867) .

Note. This species was described from another host-plant ( Rhododendron schlippenbachii Maxim. ); male genialia with broad sublateral processes of transtilla and more numerous basal cornuti ( Puplesis 1985). However, the holotype was not available for our study.