Stigmella confusella (Wood & Walsingham, 1894)

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 : 20

Stigmella confusella (Wood & Walsingham, 1894)

F: Stigmella confusella ; van Nieukerken 1996: 21—‘France’; Leraut 1997: 80 —‘France’; Leraut 2003: 16— 77

Material. 07: 2 km E St. Agrève, Chomette, 1040 m, 23–24.vii.1985, EvN & SR; 62: Forêt de Boulogne, Conteville­lès­Boulogne, 60–70 m, 22.vii.1997, EvN (observation); 66: 1♂, 1♀, TM, N slope Pic de Très Esteles, 4 km SW Vernet­les­Bains, 1200 m, 8.viii.1982, e.l. 27–29.iii.1983, EvN; Porté Puymorens, valley Ruisseau du Lanous, 1650 m, 12.viii.1982, EvN; 1♂, TM, S Col de Jou, 4 km SSW Vernet­les­Bains, 1000 m, 7.viii.1982, e.l. 25.iii.1983, EvN; 68: Lac Blanc, 4.5 km W Orbey, S lake, 1150–1250 m, 22.x.2002, EvN. Unless otherwise mentioned, only VM on Betula pubescens or pendula .

Remarks. Mines and adults very similar to those of S. lapponica , but larvae usually much later, until August.