Stigmella carpinella (Heinemann, 1862)

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 : 38-39

Stigmella carpinella (Heinemann, 1862) — New for France ( Fig. 9–10)

Misidentification: Nepticula floslactella ; Brown & Gouin 1917: 407— 33 [partim, on Carpinus ].

Material. 76: 1♂, Rouen, Chrétien, gen. EvN3506 ( MNHN) .

Remarks. There is not a single literature reference to this species from France, but Brown & Gouin’s record of S. floslactella on Carpinus very likely belongs to this species. The specimen from Rouen, of which the male genitalia ( Fig. 9–10) were examined by EvN, was already identified as Nepticula carpinella by Chrétien, and apparently later overlooked. This species is likely to be much commoner in France.