Ectoedemia mahalebella (Klimesch, 1936)

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 : 167

53. Ectoedemia mahalebella (Klimesch, 1936) (new to the Crimea)

( Figs 57 , 120, 121 )

Host-plants. Prunus spinosa L. in the Crimea; in other countries also other species of Prunus , Amygdalus nana L. and Cerasus spp.

Distribution. Sub-Mediterranean-Mediterranean; the species occurs from France and Italy to Greece, Slovakia and Crimea.

Material examined. CRIMEA: 5♂, 3♀, 20 km SW Feodosiya, Karadag Reserve, mining larva on Prunus spinosa L., fieldwork card no. 5026, 14 –17.vii.2011, leg. A. Diškus, genitalia slide nos AN 482♂, AN 483♂, AN 484♂; 12 km E Sudak, Sonyachna Dolyna, mining larva on Prunus spinosa L., fieldwork card no. 5026, 17.vii.2011, leg. A. Diškus & A. Navickaitė; Yalta, Botanical Garden, empty leaf-mines on Prunus spinosa L., fieldwork card no. 5026, 20.vii.2011, A. Diškus & A. Navickaitė; 12 km N Alushta, Lavanda, empty leaf-mines on Prunus spinosa L., fieldwork card no. 5026, leg. J. R. Stonis, A. Navickaitė & G. Varačinskas.

Remarks. The species is not rare in the Crimea: limited in distribution but abundant. Previously it was confused with E. spinosella (Joannis) , see Discussion.

Figures

FIGURES 56 – 61 Leaf-mines and fruit-mines of the Nepticulidae species occurring in the Crimea. 56, Stigmella plagicolella on Prunus spinosa; 57, Ectoedemia mahalebella on Prunus spinosa; 58, Trifurcula eurema on Lotus sp.; 59, Bohemannia pulverosella on Malus domestica; 60, Etainia sericopeza on Acer platanoides; 61, E. louisella on Acer campestre.

FIGURES 118 – 121. Genitalia of the Ectoedemia species occurring in the Crimea. 118, E. contorta, male genital capsule, genitalia slide no. AG 110; 119, same, phallus; 120, E. mahalebella, male genitalia slide no. AN 482; 121, same, female genitalia slide no. AN 537.