Perittia obscurepunctella (Stainton, 1848)

Aphelosetia obscurepunctella Stainton, 1848: 2164 . Type locality: England, Mountsfield, Lewisham, Dartford Heath, Brislington (Stainton 1848: 2164). Syntypes, in NHMUK:

Perittia obscurepunctella: Stainton (1854: 177) .

‡ Elachista obscuropunctella; misspelling (Bruand 1859: 689).

‡ Perittia obscuripunctella; misspelling (Meyrick 1895: 685).

Distribution: Palearctic. Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, U.K. (England, Wales).

Larval host plant(s): Lonicera periclymenum L., L. tatarica L., L. xylosteum L. ( Caprifoliaceae) (Stainton 1858a; E.M. Hering 1926; Wörz 1957; Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen 1977; Buszko 1990a).

Figs.: Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977), Biesenbaum (1995), Traugott-Olsen (1995b), Bland (1996).