Stigmella thuringiaca (Petry, 1904)

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 : 30-31

Stigmella thuringiaca (Petry, 1904)

F: Stigmella thuringiaca ; van Nieukerken 1996: 22—‘France’; Leraut 1997: 80 —‘France’ Misidentification: Trifurcula immundella ; Lhomme [1963]: 1209— 05 (partim)

Material. 05: 3♂, Le Laus , 9 km SE Briançon, 1800 m, 9.vii.1993, R. T . A. Schouten ( RMNH) ; 1♂, Puy Vacher , [La Grave], 7.vii.1898, P. Chrétien ( MNHN) [misidentified as Trifurcula immundella ] ; 1♂, St. Crépin , Durance Tal, 24–30.vi.1959, H.G. Amsel ( SMNK); 26 : 1♂, Les Prés , 2 km N Valdrôme, 800 m, 15.viii.2002, EvN ; 3♂, 2♀, TM , Vercors , Hauts Plateaux : Pas de la Coche, Le Montagnette, 1850 m, 22.viii.2002, Potentilla sp. , 1–4.iv.2003, EvN; 38 : 2♂, 1 km W Le­Freney­d'Oisans, 1250 m, 11.vii.1993, R. T . A. Schouten ( RMNH) .

Remarks. First detailed records. Common in the mountains of the Rhône­Alpes but probably more widespread; expected on limestone grasslands, since we have found it in such habitats in Germany and Belgium. Mines on Potentilla (only recorded hostplant from France) are inseparable from those of S. tormentillella and probably also S. stelviana . Mines on Sanguisorba and Filipendula are inseparable respectively from several Sanguisorba feeders and S. filipendulae ( Wocke, 1871) (unknown from France).