Stigmella rhamnella (Herrich-Schäffter, 1860), Herrich-Schaffter, 1860

Navickaitė, Asta, Diškus, Arūnas & Stonis, Jonas R., 2014, An updated checklist of Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) of the Crimea, Sub-Mediterranean SE Europe, Zootaxa 3847 (2), pp. 151-202 : 158-159

21. Stigmella rhamnella (Herrich-Schäffter, 1860) (new to the Crimea)

( Figs 33 , 83, 84 )

Host-plants. Rhamnus cathartica L. in the Crimea; in other regions also other species of Rhamnus .

Type of distribution (chorological group). Sub-Mediterranean; the species widespread in Europe (except northern and southern regions).

Material examined. CRIMEA: 5♂, 1♀, 20 km SW Feodosiya, Karadag Reserve, larva on Rhamnus cathartica L., fieldwork card no. 5038, 14.vii.2011, leg. A. Diškus & A. Navickaitė, genitalia slide nos AN 507♂, AN 508♂, AN 509♂, AN 515♂; 50 km SE Feodosiya, Sudak, empty leaf-mines on Rhamnus cathartica L., fieldwork card no. 5038, 15.vii.2011, leg. A. Diškus & A. Navickaitė; 12 km N Alushta, Lavanda, empty leafmines on Rhamnus cathartica L., fieldwork card no. 5038, 09.viii.2011, leg. J. R. Stonis, A. Navickaitė & G. Varači nskas.

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

Figures

FIGURES 32 – 39. Leaf-mines of the Stigmella species occurring in the Crimea. 32, S. malella on Malus domestica; 33, S. rhamnella on Rhamnus cathartica; 34, 35, S. viscerella on Ulmus sp.; 36, S. ulmivora on Ulmus sp.; 37, S. ulmiphaga on Ulmus sp.; 38, 39, S. rolandi on Rosa canina.

FIGURES 82 – 85. Male genitalia of the Stigmella species occurring in the Crimea. 82, S. malella, genitalia slide no. AN 526; 83, S. rhamnella, capsule, genitalia slide no. AN 509; 84, same, phallus; 85, S. viscerella, genitalia slide no. AN 504.