Trifurcula (Trifurcula) coronillae Van Nieukerken, 1990

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 : 67

Trifurcula (Trifurcula) coronillae Van Nieukerken, 1990

F: Trifurcula (Trifurcula) coronillae ; van Nieukerken 1996: 24—‘France’; Leraut 1997: 81 — ‘France’; Lašt û vka & Lašt û vka 1997: 138—‘SO Frankreich’

Material. 13: 1♂, TM , 3.5 km SE Cassis , Route des Crêtes, 11.ii.1991, 8.viii.1991, EvN ; 2♂, TM , Cap Canaille, 2 km SE Cassis , 11.ii.1991, 5.vii–3.viii.1991, EvN; TM , Les Bauxde­Provence, 160–180 m, 17.ii.1991, EvN; 2♂, 1♀, TM , Massif de la St. Baume, 2.5 km E and 3.5 km NE Gémenos, 720 m, 9.ii.1991, 20.vii–4.viii.1991, EvN; 6♂, TM , Puyloubier, 15.iii.2001, e.l. iv.2001, AL & ZL ; 83: 2♂, 3♀, TM , Carces, 23.iii.2000, e.l. iv.2000, AL & ZL; TM , Pointe Ste Marguerite, ca. 5.5 km SE Toulon, 12.ii.1991, EvN. All mines on Coronilla juncea .

Remarks. First detailed records. The stem­mines of T. coronillae are obvious on the thick, rushlike stems of Coronilla juncea , which occurs only on limestone in the Provence. However, it may utilize other Coronilla species (van Nieukerken et al. 2004a).