Stigmella magdalenae ( Klimesch, 1950 )

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 : 33

Stigmella magdalenae ( Klimesch, 1950)

(= Stigmella nylandriella auct. before 1975)

F: Stigmella magdalenae ; Schoorl et al. 1985: 84— 66

Excluded records: Stigmella magdalenae ; Leraut 2003: 17— 77 [mines on Malus ]

Material. 08: adults, TM, Monthermé, viii., Sorbus aucuparia , e.l. iv, RB (Buvat in litt.); 26: VM, Montagne de l'Aup, 3.5 km SSE Valdrôme, 1430 m, 18.viii.2002, S. aucuparia , EvN; VM, Vercors: 2km SW St. Agnan­en­Vercors, W Allard, 1080 m, 7.viii.2002, Cotoneaster integerrimus , EvN; 3 VM, Vercors: 6 km S St. Laurent­en­Royans, Serre des Fonts, 1020 m, 6.viii.2002, S. aucuparia , EvN; 38: dead and VM, Vercors: Pas de Percusson, 3 km SW Autrans, 1435 m, 3.viii.2002, S. aucuparia , EvN; 73: VM, Parc de Vanoise, L'Orgère, C. integerrimus , S. aucuparia, RB ( RMNH, Buvat in litt.).

Remarks. In France this is typically a montane species, known from the Ardennes, Alps and Pyrenees and to be expected in the Massif Centrale. It feeds on Sorbus aucuparia and Cotoneaster .