Trifurcula (Trifurcula) josefklimeschi 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 : 68

Trifurcula (Trifurcula) josefklimeschi Van Nieukerken, 1990 — New for Corsica

F: Trifurcula (Trifurcula) josefklimeschi ; van Nieukerken 1996: 24—‘France’; Leraut 1997: 81 — ‘France’; Lašt û vka & Lašt û vka 1997: 140—‘Südfrankreich’; Brusseaux 2004: 74— 84

Material. 11: 1 VM, Molières­sur­l'Alberte, 9 km WSW Pradelles­en­Val , 14.iv.1993, Dorycnium hirsutum , EvN & JCK (observation); 13 : TM, 3.5 km SE Cassis , Route des Crêtes, 320 m, 11.ii.1991, EvN; 26: 3 TM, 2 km NE Sahune , 370 m, 8.ii.1991, EvN; 1 VM, 1.5 km S Buis­les­Baronies , la Bouscaude, 520–550 m, 26.iv.1998, EvN; 30: 3♂, 1♀ , TM, Montmirat , 26.iii.2003, e.l. v.2003 , AL & ZL; 34: TM, Le Mas Roujou , 3 km SW Clermont­l’Hérault, 150 m, 19.ii.1991, EvN; 1 VM, 2 km SE St. Pons­de­Thomières, Tombeilles , 320 m, 20.ii.1991, EvN; 66: 4 VM, Villefranche­de­Conflent , Fort Liberia, 400–500 m, 26.iv.1993, EvN & JCK; 83 : TM, Massif de l'Estérel , 2.5 km N Agay , Col de Belle Barbe, 50 m, 13.ii.1991, EvN; 84: 1♂, Pertuis, 10.vii.1991 , AL & ZL. All mines on Dorycnium pentaphyllum , unless otherwise mentioned..— Corsica: 2A: 1♀, 10 km NW Porte Vecchio, Col de Bacinu, 800 m, 22.ix.2003, P. Skou ( ZMUC) .

Remarks. Mines of Trifurcula josefklimeschi are common but not easily found on Dorycnium in winter and early spring. It is probably common where ever its host is present.