Trifurcula (Levarchama) eurema (Tutt, 1899)

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 : 66

Trifurcula (Levarchama) eurema (Tutt, 1899) — New for Corsica

F: Nepticula dorycniella Suire 1928: 127— 34 [types]

Stigmella dorycniella ; Lhomme [1963]: 1207 — 06, 34

Stigmella eurema ; Lhomme [1963]: 1206 — 06, 07, 83

Misidentifications: Nepticula cryptella ; Stainton 1869: 229 — 06; Millière 1876a: 373 — 06; Walsingham 1891: 152—83; [all records refer to specimens reared from Dorycnium ]

Material. France: 05: 1♀, 1 km NW Ceillac, ca. 10 km S Chateau­Queyras, 1800 m, 24.vii.1987, EvN; 06: 1♂, 1♀, Antibes, 26.x.1937, Lotus, Le Marchand ( MNHN); 1♂, Cannes, Dorycnium hirsutum , e.l. 17.iii.1867, Stainton [misidentified as cryptella ]; 2♂, Peïra Cava, 4800ft, 22.vii–10.viii.1911, Walsingham ( BMNH); 07: 1♂, Celles­les­Bains, 24.iv.1896, P. Chrétien; 1♂, La Voulte­sur­Rhone, 30.iv.1897, P. Chrétien ( MNHN); 13: 1♂, TM, 3.5 km SE Cassis, Route des Crêtes, 11.ii.1991, D. pentaphyllum , e.l. 4.iv.1991, EvN; 34: 2♀, TM, Le Mas Roujou, 3 km SW Clermont­l’Hérault, 19.ii.1991, D. pentaphyllum , e.l. 24–27.iii.1991, EvN; 1 ♂, La Prade, 2.5 km N la Caunette, 335 m, 25.vi.2005, blacklight, EvN; 66: 2♀, Amelie­les­Bains, 15.x., 17.xi.1907, Lotus , e.l. 19.v.1908, Walsingham ( BMNH); 84: 1♂, Pertuis, 10.vii.1991, AL & ZL; 5♂, 1♀, Viens, 27.viii.1971, 4– 26.viii.1975, 8.v.1976, 6.viii.1976, RB ( RB).— Corsica: 2A: 1♂, 10 km NW Porte Vecchio, Col de Bacinu, 800 m, 22.ix.2003, P. Skou ( ZMUC); 2B: 4♂, Calvi, 10 m, 18– 19.v.1999, O.Karsholt ( ZMUC).

Remarks. Trifurcula eurema is common in the Mediterranean region, most frequently in forests or shrubland on Dorycnium , but it also inhabits grasslands, sometimes at high altitude (1800 m), where it feeds on Lotus . It should be searched for in the north.