Ectoedemia (Ectoedemia) spiraeae Gregor & Povolný, 1983

van Nieukerken, Erik, Laštůvka, Aleš & Laštůvka, Zdeněk, 2010, Western Palaearctic Ectoedemia (Zimmermannia) Hering and Ectoedemia Busck s. str. (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae): five new species and new data on distribution, hostplants and recognition, ZooKeys 32 (32), pp. 1-82 : 65-66

Ectoedemia (Ectoedemia) spiraeae Gregor & Povolný

Fig. 108

Ectoedemia jacutica Puplesis, 1988b:26 . Holotype ♁ Russia:okrestnosti g.[surroundings of] Yakutska , nebol’shoy sosnyak [small pine forest], 5.VII.1986, Rastorguev (ZIN). Revised synonymy.

Biology. Hostplant: in Europe only Spiraea media F. Schmidt , in East Asia probably also on other species of Spiraea , although S. media has a large distribution throughout Siberia as far as Japan ( Sokolov et al. 1980). Leafmines may be confused with those of Stigmella inopinata A. & Z. Laštůvka ( Laštůvka and Laštůvka 1990a), they only differ in the more jagged early mine of spiraeae versus a straight one in S. inopinata . Univoltine, larvae from July to October, they appear in some years (e.g. 1990) in July after a cold spell, in other years not before September or October ( Laštůvka and Laštůvka 1991). Adults from May to July.

Distribution. In Europe only known from a very small area near the border of Hungary and Slovakia (see also Laštůvka and Laštůvka 1991), widespread in East Palaearctic. A new record from western Siberia is given here (Fig. 108).

Remarks. Puplesis (1994) synonymised the Siberian E. jacutica with E. agrimoniae . However, study of one of the specimens shows that it is in fact identical to E. spiraeae , which is also clear from the original genitalia drawing (absence of carinal processes, shape gnathos, valva). Th is also fits the distribution, E. spiraeae being known from Japan and China as well [unpublished data EJvN] in contrast to E. agrimoniae , that is only known from Europe.

Material. Russia: 5♁, Altay: SW Altai, Katun valley, 10 km W. Katanda, 28.vi-19. VII.1983, Mikkola, Hippa & Jalava ( MZH, RMNH).

Figures ΙΙΙ–ΙΙ8. Ectoedemia (Ectoedemia) species, life history. ΙΙΙ E. heckfordi male holotype, 24.IV.2005 ΙΙ2 E. heringella male, London, Kensington gardens, 14.IV.2005 ΙΙ3 E. alnifoliae male, Turkey, Antalya, Phaselis ruins, 3.IV.2005 ΙΙ4 E. alnifoliae female underside, Turkey, Antalya, Çirali, 29.III.2005 ΙΙ5, ΙΙ6 E. heringella , masses of mines and larvae on Quercus ilex, London, Kensington gardens, II.2005 ΙΙ7 E. haraldi , mine and larva on Q. coccifera , Turkey, Antalya, Termessos, 5.III.2005 ΙΙ8 E. alnifoliae mines and larvae on Q. coccifera , Turkey, Antalya, Phaselis ruins, 8.III.2005.