Ectoedemia subbimaculella (Haworth, 1828)

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 : 89-90

Ectoedemia subbimaculella (Haworth, 1828)

F: Nepticula subbimaculella ; Peyerimhoff 1872a: 140 –[67+68]; Millière 1876a: 373 — 06; Sand

1879: 202— 36; Jourdheuille 1883: 216— 10; Joannis 1909: 827— 56; Gélin & Lucas 1915:

137— 33, 40, 56; Brown & Gouin 1917: 408— 33; Lhomme 1934: 164— 46 Stigmella sublimaculella (sic!); Legrand 1952: 27 — 02 Stigmella subbimaculella ; Lhomme [1963]: 1204— 02, 03, 10, 14, 33, 36, 40, 46, 56, 59, 61, 64, 75,

78, 79 Ectoedemia subbimaculella ; van Nieukerken 1985b: 58— 14, 33, 68, 77, 92; Courtois 2002: 52—

57; Leraut 2003: 20— 77 Trifurcula subbimaculella ; Gibeaux 1999: 20—77

Material. 04: 1♀, Les Mées, 4.vii.1989, GRL (Coll. J. Lucas); 19: 3♀, Chabrignac, 12– 14.vii.1986, KJH; 34: 2♂, 7♀, St. Pons­de­Thomières, Artenac, 450 m, 24.vi.2005, blacklight, EvN; 1♂, 2♀, Forêt Domaniale des Avants­Monts, 5 km S St. Pons­de­Thomières, route forestière, 746 m, 26.vi.2005, blacklight, EvN; 46: 1♂, 4♀, Hopital­St. Jean, 6– 11.vii.1995, KJH ( KJH); 54: 4♂, 2♀, TM, Vathimenal, 2 km ESE St.­Clément, along Meurthe, 250 m, 26.x.2002, Quercus robur , 2–9.iv.2003, EvN; 57: TM, Apach: Hammersberg, 220­280 m, 1.x.2004, Q. robur , EvN; TM, Hettange­Grande, 220 m, 27.ix.2002, Q. robur , CvdB & EvN; 66: 2♂, 2 km NW Vernet­les­Bains, mountain ridge, 655 m, 23.vi.2005, blacklight, EvN; 68: TM, ca. 1 km W Soultzmatt, 330 m, 24.x.2002, Q. robur , EvN; 88: 2♂, 2♀, Charmes, 17.vi.1983, GRL (coll. Lucas).

Remarks. Ectoedemia subbimaculella is a common and widespread species, most easily recognised by its mines with a characteristic slit. Old records probably include some records of E. albifasciella , which in the past was often not recognized as a separate species, and the very similar E. heringi .