Stigmella malella Stainton 1854

Abstract

<p>20. Stigmella malella (Stainton, 1854) (new to the Crimea). (Figs 32, 82). Host-plants. Malus domestica Borkh. in the Crimea; in other regions also M. sylvestris Mill., occasionally Prunus spp. Type of distribution (chorological group). Euro-Submediterranean; the species occurs from Portugal and Ireland to Finland, the southern Ural, and Greece. Records from the Caucasus (Georgia) need to be viewed with caution (Puplesis & Diškus 2003). Material examined. CRIMEA: 1♂, 1♀, 20 km SW Feodosiya, Karadag Reserve, mining larvae on Malus domestica Borkh., fieldwork card no. 5023, 14 –17.vii.2011, leg. A. Diškus & A. Navickaitė, genitalia slide no. AN 526♂; 12 km E Sudak, Sonyachna Dolyna, empty leaf-mines on Malus domestica Borkh., fieldwork card no. 5023, 17.vii.2011, leg. A. Diškus & A. Navickaitė; 50 km SE Feodosiya, Sudak, empty leaf-mines on Malus domestica Borkh., fieldwork card no. 5023, 07.viii.2011, leg. J. R. Stonis, A. Navickaitė & G. Varačinskas. Remarks. The species is not rare in the Crimea: widespread and abundant.<p>