Ectoedemia similigena Puplesis, 1994

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 : 166

48. Ectoedemia similigena Puplesis, 1994

( Figs 111–113 )

Host-plant. Unknown.

Type of distribution (chorological group). Sub-Mediterranean (a tentative endemic of the Crimea, but could also be introduced from somewhere).

Material examined. CRIMEA: 1♂, holotype, Yalta, Botanic Garden, at light, 20.v.1981, leg. V. Kornilov, genitalia slide no. AN 216♂, 9♂, paratypes, the same labels data, genitalia slide no. EvN3924; 1♀, paratype, the same label data genitalia slide no. EvN3925♀.

Remarks. The species is very rare in the Crimea: known from single locality (solitary finding) and sporadic. It was described by R. Puplesis in 1994 on the basis of specimens collected at light. During the field work of 2011 or 2012, the occurence of this species was not re-confirmed.

Figures

FIGURES 110 – 113. Genitalia of the Ectoedemia species occurring in the Crimea. 110, E. longicaudella, male genitalia slide no. AN 491; 111, E. similigena, holotype, male genitalia slide no. AN 216; 112, same, paratype, male genitalia slide no. EvN 3924; 113, same, paratype, female genitalia slide no. EvN 3925.