Trifurcula (Trifurcula) aurella Rebel, 1933

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 : 71-72

Trifurcula (Trifurcula) aurella Rebel, 1933

F: Trifurcula (Trifurcula) aurella ; van Nieukerken 1996: 24—‘France’; Leraut 1997: 81 —‘France’

Material. 06: 1♀, Domaine de Maure­Vieille , 8.x.2002, H. Hendriksen ( ZMUC); 13 : 1♀, TM , Aix­en­Provence , Rousset, 15.iii.2001, e.l. 25.vii.2001, AL ; 1 VM, Les Baux­de­Pro­ vence, 160–180 m, 17.ii.1991, EvN ; 4♂, 5♀, TM , Puyloubier , 25.iii.2001, e.l. viii.2001, AL & ZL ; 26: 2 VM, 1.5 km S Buis­les­Baronies, la Bouscaude , 520–550 m, 26.iv– 4.v.1998, EvN; 84 : 1♂, Viens , 30.viii.1975, RB ( RB) . All mines on Spartium junceum .

Remarks. First detailed records. Trifurcula aurella makes conspicuous stem­mines in Spanish broom, Spartium junceum , from January to April, and is probably common in the Midi of France.