Stigmella tityrella (Stainton, 1854)

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 : 39

Stigmella tityrella (Stainton, 1854)

F: Nepticula turicella Herrich­Schaffer, 1855 ; Peyerimhoff 1872a: 138 –[67+68]; Sand 1879: 201— 23, 36, 63; Gélin & Lucas 1915: 137— 56; Hering 1933: 190— 91; Skala 1941b: 149— 76

Stigmella turicella ; Lhomme [1963]: 1190 — 14, 23, 27, 36, 50, 56, 63, 68, 75, 76, 79, 91, 95

Stigmella tityrella ; Gibeaux 1999: 20—77; Courtois 2002: 51— 57; Leraut 2003: 18— 77

Misidentifications: Nepticula hemargyrella ; Skala 1941b: 149— 76

Stigmella hemargyrella ; Lhomme [1963]: 1191 — 76

Material. 07: St. André­en­Vivarrais , 13 km N St. Agrève, 1120 m, 21.vii.1985, EvN & SR; 26: 4.5 km E Luc­en­Diois: Les Granges , 1000–1050 m, 5.vii.1983, EvN; 1♀, Les Prés , 2 km N Valdrôme, 800 m, 21.viii.2002, at light, EvN; 37: 3♂, 4♀, Bossée , 16.iv.1976, CG ( RMNH); 38: Vercors: Les Ailes, 2 km SW Rencurel, 1085 m, 4.viii.2002, EvN; 55: 2.5 km E Montmédy, Bois de Villécloye, 290 m, 23.ix.2002, CvdB & EvN; 62: 1 km N Colembert, 180 m, 23.vii.1997, EvN (observation); 66: 1 TM, 5 km E Le Perthus, W slope Pic Neulos, 950 m, 30.vii.1982, EvN; Mont Canigou, E. slopes 2 km W. Pic d'Estelle, 1450 m, 5.viii.1982, EvN; 67: 5 km E Rothau, N Natzwiller, 950 m, 18.x.1978, EvN; E Schirmeck, 315–400 m, 18.x.1978, EvN; 68: ca. 2 km W Lapoutroie, 900 m, 20.x.2002, EvN; 1♂, TM, ca. 2.5 km SW Soultzmatt, Foret comm. d' Orschwir, 330–420 m, 24.x.2002, e.l. 18.iii.2003, EvN. Unless otherwise mentioned, VM on Fagus sylvatica .

Remarks. Common where Fagus occurs.