Stigmella atricapitella (Haworth, 1828)

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 : 163-164

38. Stigmella atricapitella (Haworth, 1828)

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

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

Material examined. CRIMEA: 10♂, 20 km SW Feodosiya, Karadag Reserve, at light, 03–21.vii.1987, leg. R. Puplesis, genitalia slide no. AG093♂, 5♂, the same locality, at light, 26.vii–01.viii.2011, leg. J. R. Stonis, A.

Navickaitė & G. Varačinskas; 3♂, the same locality, at light, 23.viii.2011, leg. J. R. Stonis & S. Hill; 2♂, the same locality, at light, 24.viii.2011, leg. J. R. Stonis & S. Hill.

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