Ectoedemia algeriensis Van Nieukerken, 1985

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 : 85-86

Ectoedemia algeriensis Van Nieukerken, 1985 Fig. 30–32

F: Ectoedemia algeriensis ; van Nieukerken 1996: 26—‘France’; Leraut 1997: 82 —‘France’; Lašt û vka & Lašt û vka 1997: 176—‘Südfrankreich’

Material. 13: 1♂, TM, 4 km N St. Martin­de­Crau, Bois de Santa Fé, 16.ii.1991, Quercus ilex , e.l. 20.v.1991, EvN; 4♂, 1♀, TM, Rousset, 21.iii.2000, Q. ilex , e.l. vi.2000, AL & ZL; 83: 3♂, 1♀, TM, 1.5 km N Bagnols­en­Forêt, 14.ii.1991, Q. suber , 19.v–7.vi.1991, EvN; 31♂, 25♀, TM, Massif de l'Estérel, 8 km NW Agay, MF du Malpey, 13.ii.1991, Q. suber , ilex , e.l. 12.v–9.vi.1991, EvN ( RMNH, RJ, ZKVV); 84: 3♂, 4♀, Mirabeau, 18.vi.1994, AL & ZL; 6♂, 3♀, Pertuis, 10.vii.1991, AL & ZL.

Remarks. First detailed records. Ectoedemia algeriensis was discovered in several localities in the Provence­Côte d’Azur region, with numerous larvae collected on Quercus ilex and suber and a number of adults at light. Mines are inseparable from those of E. haraldi , E. ilicis , and E. heringella . Remarkably, E. algeriensis has not been found elsewhere in Europe; other records are from Algeria and Morocco, where it was found in the Atlas (van Nieukerken 1985b). The French specimens confirm the identity of the males from Morocco previously listed as Ectoedemia cf. algeriensis . Adults are very similar to the previous species but the thorax is white ( Fig. 30; see Figs 31–32 for the genitalia).