Trifurcula (Trifurcula) serotinella Herrich­Schäffer, 1855

van Nieukerken, Erik J., Laštůvka, Aleš & Laštůvka, Zdenĕk, 2006, The Nepticulidae and Opostegidae of mainland France and Corsica: an annotated catalogue (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea), Zootaxa 1216 (1216), pp. 1-114 : 71

Trifurcula (Trifurcula) serotinella Herrich­Schäffer, 1855

Excluded records: F: Trifurcula serotinella ; Réal 1988: 445— 84

Material. 39: VM, Vincelles, 12.vi.2004, Genista sagittalis, AL & ZL .

Remarks. We have yet to see a correctly identified Trifurcula serotinella adult from France, but its expected occurrence is shown here by the characteristic mines from 39­ Jura. The record of an adult by Réal (1988) is questionable and excluded here; it was identified only by externals and 19th century literature, without considering the possibility of various more recently described pale Trifurcula species , for which genitalia should be examined. In the limestone mountains of the Luberon where Réal found the specimen, other small, pale species are more likely to occur than T. serotinella , i.e., T. rosmarinella , T. thymi , T. ortneri , T. silviae , and T. orientella , all of which have been recorded from Vaucluse. Since its primary host, Genista sagittalis (= Chamaespartium sagittale ), is abundant in many of the mountain areas (Vosges, Massif Central, Préalpes, Pyrénées), we assume that it is widespread.