Stigmella tityrella (Stainton, 1854)

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 : 161-162

31. Stigmella tityrella (Stainton, 1854) (new to the Crimea)

( Figs 46, 47 )

Host-plant. Fagus sylvatica L. in the Crimea.

Type of distribution (chorological group). Euro-Submediterranean; the species occurs from Spain and Ireland to Sweden, Greece and the western Caucasus.

Material examined. CRIMEA: Yalta, Mountain Forest Reserve, empty leaf-mines on Fagus sylvatica L., fieldwork card no. 5040, 19.vii.2011, leg. A. Diškus & A. Navickaitė; 23 km S Simferopol, Pereval'ne, empty leafmines, fieldwork card no. 5040, 21.vii.2011, A. Diškus & A. Navickaitė.

Remarks. The species is not rare in the Crimea: limited in distribution (predominantly occurs at higher elevations and in shady forests), abundant.

Figures

FIGURES 40 – 47. Leaf-mines of the Stigmella species occurring in the Crimea. 40, 41, S. trimaculella on Populus sp.; 42, 43, S. salicis on Salix caprea; 44, 45, S. obliquella on Salix sp.; 46, 47, S. tityrella on Fagus sylvatica.