Acalyptris platani (Müller­Rutz, 1934)

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 : 56-57

Acalyptris platani (Müller­Rutz, 1934)

F: Niepeltia platani ; Lhomme 1934: 138— 46; Maneval 1935: 256—42; Le Marchand 1950: 139 — ‘tout le Midi’, 33, 75; Le Marchand 1951: 101— 33; Lhomme [1963]: 1208— 19, 33, 46, 47, 75, 82, 91, 95

Acalyptris platani ; van Nieukerken & Johansson 1990: 258— 75; Lašt û vka & Lašt û vka 1993: 158— 34; Leraut 2003: 20— 75, 77

CO: Weberina platani ; Skala 1938: 31— 2 B

Niepeltia platani ; Buhr 1940: 209— 2 B

Material. 07: VM, Aubenas , 2.viii.1985 , EvN; 11: 12♂, 14♀, Sigean , 12.x.1998 , e.l. iii.1999, AL & ZL; 13, VM, Aix­en­Provence , Parc Jourdan, 12­16.x.1983 , J.W. Schoorl ( RMNH); 34: 3♂, Montpellier , 7.vii.1991 , e.l. vii.1991, AL & ZL; 66: TM, Arles­sur­ Tech , village and orchards, 280 m, 3.viii.1982 , EvN; VM, 2 parasitised larvae, Latour­de­ France, 101 m, 22.vi.2005 , EvN; VM, Port­Vendres , near railway station, 20 m, 28.vii.1982 , EvN; 69: many VM and TM, Chateau de Pierreux , Odenas pr. St.­Georgesde­Reneins, viii.1987 , H. de Toulgoet ( MNHN); 75 : VM, Paris , Jardin des Plantes, 24.vii.1982, 26.ix.2004 , EvN (observation); 83: TM, larvae on slides (EvN583­584), Roquebrune­sur­Argens , 28.vii.1979 , J.W. Schoorl ( RMNH); Ste­Maxime , 10.x.1983 , J.W. Schoorl ( RMNH): 84: 2♂, 1♀, La Motte d'Aigues , e.l. vii.1993 , AL & ZL; 91: 3♂, 4♀, Verrières­le­Buisson , e.l. 10.v–12.vi.1960 , RB ( RB). All mines on Platanus hybrida (= acerifolia) .

Remarks. Acalyptris platani was found in France the same year as it was described from Switzerland. It has spread via ornamental Platanus all over France in towns and villages, north to Paris, where it is still common.