Ectoedemia (Zimmermannia) longicaudella (Klimesch, 1953)

van Nieukerken, Erik J., Laštůvka, Aleš & Laštůvka, Zdenĕk, 2006, The Nepticulidae and Opostegidae of mainland France and Corsica: an annotated catalogue (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea), Zootaxa 1216 (1216), pp. 1-114 : 81

Ectoedemia (Zimmermannia) longicaudella (Klimesch, 1953)

F: Ectoedemia (Zimmermannia) longicaudella ; van Nieukerken 1985b: 22 — 04, 06, 46, 64, 84 [38 deleted, see below]

Misidentification: Ectoedemia atrifrontella ; Lhomme [1963]: 1210— 46

Material. 04: 1♀, Banon , 17.viii.1955, RB (RB) ; 2♂, Peyruis , 3.vii.1993, AL & ZL ; 34: 6♂, 2♀, Forêt Domaniale des Avants­Monts , 5 km S St. Pons­de­Thomières, route forestière, 746 m, 26.vi.2005, blacklight, EvN; 66 : 1♀, Mt. Coronat near Belloc, 3.5 km N Villefranche­de­Conflent, 910 m, 22.vi.2005, blacklight, EvN ; 2♂, 2 km NW Vernet­les­ Bains , mountain ridge, 655 m, 23.vi.2005, EvN; 84 : 3♀, Viens , 11.viii.1976, 28.viii.1985, 5.viii.1986, RB (RB) .

Remarks. The record from Isère (van Nieukerken 1985b) was a misinterpretation of Chrétien’s label “Revent.”. This record actually is from Spain (Segovia) ( Chrétien 1925); also see introduction. Ectoedemia longicaudella is the most common of the barkmining Nepticulidae in France.