Stigmella speciosa (Frey, 1857)

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 : 50-51

Stigmella speciosa (Frey, 1857)

F: Nepticula speciosa ; Lhomme 1934: 115— 46; Skala 1941b: 149— 76

Stigmella speciosa ; Lhomme [1963]: 1182 — 17, 46, 75, 79, 92, 94; Luquet 1998: 235— 92; Courtois 2002: 52— 57; Leraut 2003: 19— 77

Nepticula pseudoplatanella Skala, 1933 ; Skala 1941b: 149— 76

Stigmella pseudoplatanella ; Lhomme [1963]: 1189 — 76

Excluded records (all S. aceris ): Nepticula speciosa ; Lhomme 1934: 115— 46 [mines on Acer campestre ]

Stigmella speciosa ; Suire 1951: 107— 30 [mines on Acer campestre ]; Leraut 2003: 19— 77 [mines on Acer platanoides ]

Material. 04: 1 TM, Le Castellet, ca. 5 km ENE Oraison: Ravin des Veines, 550 m, 14.viii.1995, Acer monspessulanum , EvN (observation); 19: 1♀, Chabrignac, 23.vii.1986, KJH ( KJH); 26: 3 VM, 1.5 km SE Luc­en­Diois, Les Claps, 600 m, 21.viii.2002, A. pseudoplatanus , EvN; 62: VM, Forêt de Boulogne, Conteville­lès­Boulogne, 60–70 m, 22.vii.1997, A. pseudoplatanus , EvN (observation); 66: VM, Villefranche­de­Conflent, N, Fort Liberia, 600–880 m, 9.viii.1982, A. monspessulanum , EvN; 67: 1 VM, Le Ried W Kogenheim, 4 km NW Ebersmunster, 163 m, 27.ix.2002, A. pseudoplatanus , CvdB & EvN; VM, E Schirmeck, 315 m, 18.x.1978, A. pseudoplatanus , EvN; 68: 1 VM, 3 km SW Colmar, Le Neuland, 190 m, 26.ix.2002, A. pseudoplatanus , CvdB & EvN; 1 VM, Soultzmatt, Zinnkoepfle, 500 m, 26.ix.2002, A. pseudoplatanus , CvdB & EvN; 73: VM, Modane, southern slopes, 1100–1200 m, 24.viii.1979, A. monspessulanum and A. pseudoplatanus , EvN.

Remarks. Common and widespread on Acer pseudoplatanus and A. monspessulanum , but usually in small numbers. Records on Acer campestre and A. platanoides are misidentifications of S. aceris .