Stigmella splendidissimella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855), Herrich-Schaffer, 1855

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 : 163

36. Stigmella splendidissimella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)

( Figs 52 , 99 )

Host-plants. Geum spp. in the Crimea; in other regions also Agrimonia eupatoria L., Filipendula vulgaris Moench , Fragaria vesca L., Geum rivale L., G. urbanum L., Potentilla anserina L., and Rubus spp.

Type of distribution (chorological group). Euro-Nemoral; the species occurs from Italy and Ireland to Finland, Bulgaria and the Crimea.

Material examined. CRIMEA: 1♂, Dobroje, Krasnolissya, at light, 11.vii.1986, leg. A. Zagulajev; 23 km S Simferopol, near Angarskij Pereval, empty leaf-mines on Geum sp., fieldwork card no. 5047, 22.vii.2011, leg. A. Diškus & A. Navickaitė.

Remarks. The species is rare in the Crimea: limited in distribution (mostly occurs in shady forests) and not abundant.

Figures

FIGURES 48 – 55. Leaf-mines of the Stigmella and Acalyptris species occurring in the Crimea. 48, S. carpinella on Carpinus betulus; 49, S. incognitella on Malus domestica; 50, 51, S. lemniscella on Ulmus sp.; 52, S. splendidissimella on Geum sp.; 53, S. dorsigutella on Quercus pubescens, 54, 55, A. platani on Platanus sp.

FIGURES 98 – 101. Male genitalia of the Stigmella species occurring in the Crimea. 98, S. perpygmaeella, genitalia slide no. AN 498; 99, S. splendidissimella, genitalia slide no. AN 533; 100, S. plagicolella, genitalia slide no. AN 492; 101, S. basiguttella, genitalia slide no. AN 518.