Stigmella mespilicola (Frey, 1856)

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 : 37

Stigmella mespilicola (Frey, 1856)

F: Nepticula mespilicola ; Lhomme 1934: 166— 46

Nepticula ariella Herrich­Schaffer, 1860 ; Maneval 1935: 256— 43

Stigmella ariella ; Lhomme [1963]: 1181 — 43

Stigmella mespilicola Courtois 2002: 51— 57

Material. 11: VM, Sigéan, 12.x.1998, Cotoneaster spec . AL & ZL; 26: VM, Foret de Saou , 500 m, 24.viii.2002, Sorbus aria , EvN; 2 VM, Montagne de l'Aup , 3.5 km SSE Valdrôme, 1430 m, 18.viii.2002, Sorbus aria , EvN; 1 VM, SW Les Prés, 2 km N Valdrôme , 820 m, 11.viii.2002, S. aria , EvN; 38: 2 VM, Vercors: Pas de Percusson , 3 km SW Autrans, 1435 m, 3.viii.2002, S. aria , EvN; 66 : VM, NE slope Pic de Très Esteles , 4 km SW Vernet­les­Bains, 1200–1300 m, 8.viii.1982, S. aria , EvN; 67 : VM, Andlau, N: Kastelberg, S slopes, 300 m, 21.x.1978, S. torminalis , EvN; 68: 1♂ , TM, 4 km NW Fessenheim, Le Hardwald , 200 m, 26.ix.2002, S. torminalis , e.l. 28.iii.2003, CvdB & EvN; 73 : VM, Modane, southern slopes, 1100–1200 m, 24.viii.1979, S. mougeotii , EvN ; VM, Mt du Chat: Molard Noir, 1452 m, 8.viii.1979, S. aria , EvN .

Remarks. Mines on Sorbus aria and S. torminalis with yellow larvae usually belong to this species; we have seen only one adult, the single male reported above.