Etainia louisella (Sircom, 1849)

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 : 170

64. Etainia louisella (Sircom, 1849)

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Host-plants. Acer campestre L. in the Crimea; possibly also A. tataricum L. as in other regions. Type of distribution (chorological group). Euro-Submediterranean; the species occurs from France, Italy and Great Britain to Denmark, Crimea, and the Caucasus.

Material examined. CRIMEA: 20 km SW Feodosiya, Karadag Reserve, empty leaf-mines on Acer campestre L., fieldwork card no. 5052, 25.vii.2011, leg. A. Diškus; 12 km N Alushta, Lavanda, empty leaf-mines on Acer campestre L., fieldwork card no. 5052, 09.viii.2011, leg. J. R. Stonis, A. Navickaitė & G. Varačinskas. Remarks. The species is rare in the Crimea: highly limited in distribution (occurs at higher elevations, in dense shady forests), not abundant mining.

Figures

FIGURES 56 – 61 Leaf-mines and fruit-mines of the Nepticulidae species occurring in the Crimea. 56, Stigmella plagicolella on Prunus spinosa; 57, Ectoedemia mahalebella on Prunus spinosa; 58, Trifurcula eurema on Lotus sp.; 59, Bohemannia pulverosella on Malus domestica; 60, Etainia sericopeza on Acer platanoides; 61, E. louisella on Acer campestre.