Trifurcula (Glaucolepis) saturejae (Parenti, 1963)

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 : 58-59

Trifurcula (Glaucolepis) saturejae (Parenti, 1963)

F: Trifurcula (Glaucolepis) saturejae ; van Nieukerken 1996: 24—‘France’; Leraut 1997: 81 — ‘France’; Lašt û vka & Lašt û vka 1997: 126—‘Südfrankreich’

CO: Neptic. sp.; Skala 1937b: 110— 2 B; Mines on Calamintha officinalis [= Calamintha menthifolia ]

Nepticula spec. ign.; Buhr 1940: 209— 2 B; Mines on Satureja glandulosa Caruel [= Calamintha nepeta ssp. glandulosa ]

Trifurcula (Glaucolepis) saturejae ; van Nieukerken 1996: 24 —‘Corsica’

Material. 05: 1♂, St. Crépin , Durance valley, 900 m, 24.vi.1959 – 30.vi.1959, H.G. Amsel ( SMNK); 11 : 1♂, Sigéan , 23.vi.1991, AL & ZL ; 34: 1♂, St. Pons , Montagne d'Artenac, 12.vii.1904, P. Chrétien ; 1♂, St. Pons / Nesp., 1–3.viii.1904, P. Chrétien ( MNHN); 66: VM , 1.5 km W Le Perthus , 360 m, 31.vii.1982, Calamintha nepeta , EvN; VM , Port­Vendres , near railway station, 20 m, 28.vii.1982, Calamintha nepeta , EvN; 84 : 13♂, Viens , 23, 28.viii.1971, 27.viii.1972, 21–22.viii.1973, 14.viii.1974, 15.viii.1975, 24.viii.1976, 19.vii.1977, 4.viii.1983, 12.viii.1985, 8.viii.1987, RB ( RB, RMNH) ; 3♂, Mirabeau , 17.vi.1994, AL & ZL .

Remarks. First detailed records for France. Common in the ‘Midi’ on Calamintha nepeta and C. menthifolia (= C. sylvatica ), on which it usually makes stem­mines, sometimes partly using leaves. The Corsican mines most likely belong to this species; the only species known to feed on Calamintha and very common also in nearby Italy. Buhr (1940: 209) and Skala (1938: 30) also reported mines from Corté on Mentha rotundifolia . It is possible that such mines also belong to T. saturejae , but we cannot exclude the possibility that it is another species.

Trifurcula (Glaucolepis) thymi (Sz ő cs, 1965)

F: Trifurcula (Glaucolepis) thymi ; van Nieukerken 1996: 24—‘France’; Leraut 1997: 81 — ‘France’; Lašt û vka & Lašt û vka 1997: 127—‘Südfrankreich’

Material. 04: 1♂, Digne , 13.ix.1901, sur Satureja, P. Chrétien ; 05 : 1♂, 4 km N Eygians , 4.vii.1989, BÅB ( BÅB) , 34: 1♂, [St. Pons], Nesp. , 1.viii.1904, [or Arten. 12.vii.04], P. Chrétien ( MNHN); 66 : 1♂, 2 km NW Vernet­les­Bains , mountain ridge, 655 m, 23.vi.2005, blacklight, EvN; 83: TM , La Bouverie , 5 km N Roquebrune­sur­Argens, 30 m, 14.ii.1991, Thymus vulgaris , EvN ; 6♂, 3♀, TM , Les Salles­sur­Verdon , 25.ix.1996, Satureja montana , 1.iii.1997, e.l. iii.1997, AL & ZL ; 84: 14♂, Viens , 17.vi.1972, 31.viii.1972, 10–29.viii.1974, 5.ix.1975, 24–27.viii.1976, 11.viii.1978, 20.viii.1981, RB ( RB, RMNH) .

Remarks. First detailed records. Probably a common but often overlooked species. Mines on various Thymus and Satureja , difficult to find. Larvae in winter and autumn; it is not clear if the species is univoltine with a long flying period or has multiple generations annually. See also following species.