54. Fomoria septembrella (Stainton, 1849) (new to the Crimea)

(Figs 122, 123)

Host-plants. Unknown in the Crimea; probably Hypericum spp. as in other regions.

Type of distribution (chorological group). West-Palaearctic; the species is widespread in Europe, also known from the Caucasus (Georgia and Azerbaijan) and Central Asia (Turkmenistan: Kopet Dag).

Material examined. CRIMEA: 4♂, 20 km SW Feodosiya, Karadag Reserve, at light, 31.vii.2011, leg. J. R. Stonis, A. Navickaitė & G. Varačinskas, genitalia slide no. AN 521♂.

Remarks. The species is rare in the Crimea: limited in distribution and not abundant (no leaf-mine, collected only at light).