The Nepticulidae and Opostegidae of mainland France and Corsica: an annotated catalogue (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea) Author van Nieukerken, Erik J. Author Laštůvka, Aleš Author Laštůvka, Zdenĕk text Zootaxa 2006 2006-05-26 1216 1216 1 114 journal article 1175­5334 E6598F13-F617-40CC-A48A-B634D388121B Acalyptris platani (Müller­Rutz, 1934) F: Niepeltia platani ; Lhomme 1934: 138— 46 ; Maneval 1935: 256—42 ; Le Marchand 1950: 139 — ‘tout le Midi’, 33 , 75 ; Le Marchand 1951: 101— 33 ; Lhomme [1963] : 1208— 19 , 33 , 46 , 47 , 75 , 82 , 91 , 95 Acalyptris platani ; van Nieukerken & Johansson 1990: 258— 75 ; Lašt û vka & Lašt û vka 1993: 158— 34 ; Leraut 2003: 20— 75 , 77 CO: Weberina platani ; Skala 1938: 31— 2 B Niepeltia platani ; Buhr 1940: 209— 2 B Material . 07 : VM , Aubenas , 2.viii.1985 , EvN; 11 : 12♂ , 14♀ , Sigean , 12.x.1998 , e.l. iii.1999 , AL & ZL ; 13 , VM , Aix­en­Provence , Parc Jourdan , 12­16.x.1983 , J.W. Schoorl ( RMNH ); 34 : 3♂ , Montpellier , 7.vii.1991 , e.l. vii.1991 , AL & ZL ; 66 : TM , Arles­sur­ Tech , village and orchards, 280 m , 3.viii.1982 , EvN; VM , 2 parasitised larvae, Latour­de­ France , 101 m , 22.vi.2005 , EvN; VM , Port­Vendres , near railway station, 20 m , 28.vii.1982 , EvN; 69 : many VM and TM , Chateau de Pierreux , Odenas pr. St.­Georgesde­Reneins , viii.1987 , H. de Toulgoet ( MNHN ); 75 : VM , Paris , Jardin des Plantes , 24.vii.1982 , 26.ix.2004 , EvN (observation); 83 : TM , larvae on slides (EvN583­584), Roquebrune­sur­Argens , 28.vii.1979 , J.W. Schoorl ( RMNH ); Ste­Maxime , 10.x.1983 , J.W. Schoorl ( RMNH ): 84 : 2♂ , 1♀ , La Motte d'Aigues , e.l. vii.1993 , AL & ZL ; 91 : 3♂ , 4♀ , Verrières­le­Buisson , e.l. 10.v–12.vi.1960 , RB ( RB ). All mines on Platanus hybrida (= acerifolia ) . Remarks . Acalyptris platani was found in France the same year as it was described from Switzerland . It has spread via ornamental Platanus all over France in towns and villages, north to Paris, where it is still common.