Stigmella viscerella (Stainton, 1853)

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 : 159

22. Stigmella viscerella (Stainton, 1853)

( Figs 34, 35 , 85 )

Host-plants. Ulmus spp. in the Crimea (as in other regions).

Type of distribution (chorological group). Euro-Submediterranean; the species occurs in Europe (except northern regions).

Material examined. CRIMEA: 1♂, 1♀, 20 km SW Feodosiya, Karadag Reserve, mining larvae on Ulmus glabra Huds. , fieldwork card N5029, 23.vii.2011, leg. A. Diškus & A. Navickaitė, genitalia slide no. AN 504♂; the same locality, empty leaf-mines on Ulmus sp., fieldwork card no. 5029, 14.vii.2011, leg. A. Diškus; the same locality, mining larvae on Ulmus sp., fieldwork card no. 5029, 06.viii.2011, leg. A. Navickaitė; 50 km SE Feodosiya, Sudak, empty leaf-mines on Ulmus sp., fieldwork card no. 5029, 07.viii.2011, leg. J. R. Stonis, A. Navickaitė & G. Varačinskas; 49 km S Simferopol, Alushta, empty leaf-mines on Ulmus sp., fieldwork card no. 5029, 08.viii.2011, J. R. Stonis, A. Navickaitė & G. Varačinskas.

Remarks. The species is not rare in the Crimea: widespread and abundant.

Figures

FIGURES 32 – 39. Leaf-mines of the Stigmella species occurring in the Crimea. 32, S. malella on Malus domestica; 33, S. rhamnella on Rhamnus cathartica; 34, 35, S. viscerella on Ulmus sp.; 36, S. ulmivora on Ulmus sp.; 37, S. ulmiphaga on Ulmus sp.; 38, 39, S. rolandi on Rosa canina.

FIGURES 82 – 85. Male genitalia of the Stigmella species occurring in the Crimea. 82, S. malella, genitalia slide no. AN 526; 83, S. rhamnella, capsule, genitalia slide no. AN 509; 84, same, phallus; 85, S. viscerella, genitalia slide no. AN 504.