Stigmella samiatella (Zeller, 1939)

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 : 164

39. Stigmella samiatella (Zeller, 1939) (new to the Crimea)

( Fig. 107 )

Host-plants. Unknown in the Crimea; probably Quercus pubescens Willd. and other Quercus species as in other regions.

Type of distribution (chorological group). Euro-Submediterranean; the species occurs from Spain and Ireland to Finland, central European Russia, Greece, Turkey, and the Caucasus ( Georgia).

Material examined. CRIMEA: 1♂, 20 km SW Feodosiya, Karadag Reserve, 01.viii.2011, at light, leg. J. R. Stonis, A. Navickaitė & G. Varačinskas, genitalia slide no. AN 520♂; 1♂, the same locality, at light, 24.viii.2011, leg. J. R. Stonis & S. Hill.

Remarks. The species is rare in the Crimea: limited in distribution and not abundant (no leaf-mines collected, at light only).

Figures

FIGURES 106 – 109. Male genitalia of the Stigmella species occurring in the Crimea. 106, S. dorsigutella, genitalia slide no. AN 527; 107, S. samiatella, genitalia slide no. AN 520; 108, S. roborella, genitalia slide no. AN 484; 109, S. roborella, phallus, genitalia slide no. RA 257.