Tischeria ekebladella (Bjerkander, 1795)

Alipanah, Helen, Nieukerken, Erik J. van, Farahani, Samira & Buszko, Jaroslaw, 2022, Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera) leafminers new to Iran, including Tischeria caucasica on Quercus: a sibling species of T. ekebladella or a case of clinal variation?, Nota Lepidopterologica 45, pp. 9-32 : 9

Tischeria ekebladella (Bjerkander, 1795)

Fig. 1C, F, G

Material examined.

Belgium, Namur, Nismes, Tienne Breumont , 50.07849°N, 4.5444°E, 200 m, larva 2.x.1999, E.J. van Nieukerken & T. Jin leg., dry hill with limestone grassland, Quercus robur , 1 ♂ emerged 3.iv.2000, RMNH.INS.23623 (RMNH), genitalia slide EvN3623 ; France, Var, St. Maximin-le-Ste. Beaume, Camping , 1 ♂, 13.vi.1987, K.N. Nieuwland leg., RMNH.INS.15431 (RMNH) ; Netherlands, Limburg, Sevenum , 1 ♀, 4.vi.1983, G.R. Langohr leg., RMNH.INS.15428 (RMNH) ; Netherlands, Limburg, Well , 1 ♂, 2.vi.1983, G.R. Langohr leg., RMNH.INS.15429 (RMNH) ; Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Oude Schuithuis , 1 ♂, 1.vii.1981, J.C. Koster leg., RMNH.INS.845174 (RMNH), slide only, genitalia slide JCK752 ; Netherlands, Overijssel, Denekamp, Kanaal Almelo-Nordhorn , 1 ♀, 10.viii.1984, J.C. Koster leg., RMNH.INS.845695 (RMNH) slide only, genitalia slide JCK1273 ; Netherlands, Overijssel, Diepenveen, Platvoet, W. Oord leg., 1 ♀, emerged 18.xii.1982, RMNH.INS.15430 (RMNH) ; Netherlands, Overijssel, Losser, De Tip , 1 ♀, 14.vii.1981, J.C. Koster leg., RMNH.INS.15432 (RMNH), genitalia slide JCK0755, RMNH.INS.845177 .

Distribution.

Europe: Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France (including Corsica), Germany, Great Britain, Greece (including Crete), Hungary, Ireland, Italy (including Sardinia), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Netherlands, N. Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine; Asia: Turkey ( Diškus and Puplesis 2003a; Koçak and Kemal 2009; Karsholt and van Nieukerken 2017). Former records of Caucasus ( Diškus and Puplesis 2003a) probably all refer to T. caucasica , this may be also (partly) true for the Turkish records.

Host plants.

Castanea mollissima Blume, C. sativa , Quercus cerris L., Q. dalechampii Ten., Q. faginea Lam., Q. x hispanica Lam., Q. frainetto Ten., Q. ithaburensis subsp. macrolepis (Kotschy) Hedge & Yalt., Q. macranthera , Q. macrocarpa Michx., Q. petraea (Matt.) Liebl., Q. pubescens Willd., Q. robur , Q. robur subsp. pedunculiflora (K.Koch) Menitsky, Q. rubra L., Q. serrata Murray ( Diškus and Puplesis 2003a; Ellis 2021).

Figures

Figure 1. Tischeria spp. adults, dorsal view. A. T. caucasica, male, Tehran (Peykan Shahr); B. T. caucasica, female, Tehran (Peykan Shahr); C. T. ekebladella, male, France; D. T. ekebladoides, male, paratype, Spain (Andalusia); E-G. Right wings of T. caucasica, male (E), T. ekebladella, male, Netherlands (Limburg) (F) and T. ekebladella, male, Belgium (Namur) (G).