Stigmella glutinosae (Stainton, 1858)

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 : 155

9. Stigmella glutinosae (Stainton, 1858) (new to the Crimea)

( Figs 17 , 67 )

Host-plants. Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaerth. in the Crimea; in other regions also other species of Alnus .

Type of distribution (chorological group). Euro-Mediterranean; the species is widespread in Europe: from Portugal and Ireland to Finland, central European Russia and Ukraine.

Material examined: CRIMEA: 2♂, 49 km S Simferopol, Alushta, mining larva on Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn., fieldwork card no. 5067, 08.viii.2011, leg. J. R. Stonis, A. Navickaitė & G. Varačinskas, genitalia slide no. AN 514♂.

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

Figures

FIGURES 16 – 23. Leaf-mines of the Stigmella species occurring in the Crimea. 16, S. microtheriella on Carpinus orientalis; 17, S. glutinosae on Alnus glutinosa; 18, 19, S. alnetella on Alnus glutinosa; 20, 21, S. prunetorum on Prunus cerasifera (20) and P. spinosa (21); 22, S. aceris on Acer campestre; 23, S. paradoxa on Crataegus monogyna.

FIGURES 66 – 69. Male genitalia of the Stigmella species occurring in the Crimea. 66, S. paliurella, genitalia slide no. RA 252; 67, S. glutinosae, genitalia slide no. AN 514; 68, S. prunetorum, genitalia slide no. AN 202; 69, S. aceris, genitalia slide no. AN 477.