Ectoedemia occultella (Linnaeus, 1767)

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 : 95

Ectoedemia occultella (Linnaeus, 1767) — New for Corsica Fig. 35.

F: Nepticula argentipedella (Zeller, 1839) ; Peyerimhoff 1872a: 138— 67; Sand 1879: 201— 18, 36; Jourdheuille 1890: 38— 10; Paux 1901: 707— 59; Joannis 1909: 822— 56; Gélin & Lucas 1915: 137— 56

Stigmella argentipedella ; Lhomme [1963]: 1188 — 10, 14, 28, 36, 56, 59, 68, 77, 78, 92, 95; Leraut 1977b: fig. 6— ‘ région Parisienne’

Ectoedemia occultella ; van Nieukerken 1985b: 80— 67, 73; Leraut 2003: 21— 77, 91

Trifurcula argentipedella ; Gibeaux 1999: 20— 77

Material. France: 07: TM, 2 km E St. Agrève, Chomette, 1040 m, 23–24.viii.1905, Betula pendula , EvN & SR; 68: VM, Lac Blanc, 4.5 km W Orbey, S lake, 1150–1250 m, 22.x.2002, B. pubescens , EvN; 4♂, TM, 1.5 km W Lapoutroie, Les Mérelles, 790–850 m, 20.x.2002, B. pendula , e.l. 26–27.iii.2003, EvN; 1 TM, ca. 2.5 km W Lapoutroie, Roche du Corbeau, 1140 m, 20.x.2002, B. pubescens , EvN; 1♀, TM, 4.5 km N Munster, Mémorial du Linge, 985 m, 25.x.2002, B. pendula , e.l. 26.iii.2003, EvN.— Corsica: 2B: 1♀, 16 km SE Calvi, Foret de Bonifatu, 400 m, 22.vi.1994, B. Skule & P. Skou ( ZMUC).

Remarks. This is a common and widespread species, occasionally exhibiting large outbreaks, an example of which is shown in Fig. 35.