29. Stigmella obliquella (Heinemann, 1862) (new to the Crimea)

(Figs 44, 45, 95)

Host-plants. Salix spp. in the Crimea (as in other regions).

Type of distribution (chorological group). Trans-Palaearctic; the species is widespread in Europe, also occurs in Russian Far East (Primorskiy Kray).

Material examined. CRIMEA: 4♂, 2♀, 49 km S Simferopol, Alushta, mining larva on Salix sp., fieldwork card no. 5065, 08.viii.2011, leg. J. R. Stonis, A. Navickaitė & G. Varačinskas, genitalia slide no. AN 501♂; 12 km N Alushta, Lavanda, empty leaf-mines, fieldwork card no. 5065, 09.viii.2011, leg. J. R. Stonis, A. Navickaitė & G. Varači nskas.

Remarks. The species is not rare in the Crimea: widespread (mostly along streams and rivers) and abundant.