14. Stigmella desperatella (Frey, 1856) (new to the Crimea)

(Figs 30, 74)

Host-plants. Malus domestica Borkh. in the Crimea; in other regions also Prunus spinosa L. and Pyrus communis L.

Distribution. Euro-Submediterranean; the species occurs from Great Britain and Italy to northwestern and central European Russia and the western Caucasus.

Material examined. CRIMEA: 2♂, 2♀, 20 km SW Feodosiya, Karadag Reserve, larva on Malus domestica Borkh., fieldwork card no. 5018, 13 –17.vii.2011, leg. A. Diškus & A. Navickaitė, genitalia slide nos AN 478♂, AN 479♂; 12 km E Sudak, Sonyachna Dolyna, empty leaf-mines on Malus domestica Borkh., fieldwork card no. 5018, 17.vii.2011, leg. A. Diškus & A. Navickaitė; 50 km SE Feodosiya, Sudak, empty leaf-mines on Malus domestica Borkh., fieldwork card no. 5018, 07.viii.2011, leg. J. R. Stonis, A. Navickaitė & G. Varačinskas; 12 km N Alushta, Lavanda, empty leaf-mines on Malus domestica Borkh., fieldwork card no. 5018, 09.viii.2011, leg. J. R. Stonis, A. Navickaitė & G. Varačinskas.

Remarks. The species is not rare in the Crimea: widespread but not abundant.