Stigmella samiatella (Zeller, 1839)

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 : 54-55

Stigmella samiatella (Zeller, 1839)

F: Nepticula samiatella ; Joannis 1909: 819— 56; Gélin & Lucas 1915: 134— 56

Stigmella samiatella ; Lhomme [1963]: 1167 — 50, 56; Borkowski 1972: 790 — 04; van Nieukerken & Johansson 2003: 347 —‘France’; Leraut 2003: 19— 77

Excluded doubtful records:

F: Nepticula samiatella ; Peyerimhoff & Fettig 1882: 195— 67; Gélin & Lucas 1915: 134— 33; Brown & Gouin 1917: 402— 33; Le Marchand 1925a: 32— 14; Hering 1933: 204— 91; Lhomme 1934: 117— 46

Stigmella samiatella ; Suire 1951: 96— 30; Lhomme [1963]: 1167 — 04, 25, 33, 46, 49, 75, 78, 79, 91,92

CO: Nepticula samiatella ; Skala 1937b: 110— 20

Material. 19: 4♂, 4♀, Chabrignac , 20–25.vii.1986, KJH ( KJH, RMNH) ; 26: 3♀, L'Escoulin [Eygluy–Escoulin], 10–20.viii.1981, JHK ( JHK) ; 1♂, La Penne­sur­l'Ouvèze, 15– 19.vii.1986, HW( HW) ; 4♂, 3♀, Les Prés , 2 km N Valdrôme, 800 m, 13.+ 21.viii.2002, EvN; 34 : 1♂, St. Pons , ix.1904, Chrétien ; 1♂, St. Pons­de­Thomières , Artenac, 450 m, 24.vi.2005, blacklight, EvN; 50 : 1♂, Fleury , Castanea sativa , e.l. v.1914, Le Marchand; 56 : 3♂, 3♀, Vannes , C. sativa , e.l. 28.iv, coll. Joannis ( MNHN); 58 : 1♂, Le Vieux­Dun , 11.viii.1998, KJH ( KJH) ; 66: 1♂, Vernet­les­Bains , 6.vii.1991, AL & ZL ; 2♂, 2 km NW Vernet­les­Bains , mountain ridge, 655 m, 23.vi.2005, blacklight, EvN; 84 : 1♂, 3 km W Cereste , 12.vi.1989, BÅB ( BÅB) ; 84: 1♀, Viens , Quercus pubescens , e.l. 2.v.1975, RB ; 1♂, 2♀, Viens , 6.ix.1975, 25.viii.1976, 3.ix.1979, RB ( RB) ; 1♂, 91: Bois de Verrières , Quercus, RB ( RB) .

Remarks. Common and widespread, very frequent at light. No positive records from Corsica, thus excluded for the time being. Literature records are a mixture of this species, S. atricapitella , S. ruficapitella males, and occasionally other species.