Stigmella prunetorum Stainton 1855

Abstract

<p>10. Stigmella prunetorum (Stainton, 1855). (Figs 20, 21, 68). Host-plants. Prunus cerasifera Ehrh. and P. spinosa L. in the Crimea; in other regions also Cerasum spp. Type of distribution (chorological group). Euro-Submediterranean; the species occurs from Great Britain and Italy to central European Russia, the western Caucasus, and Greece. Material examined. CRIMEA: 1♂, 20 km SW Feodosiya, Karadag Reserve, at light, 18.vii.1987, leg. R. Puplesis, genitalia slide no. AN 202♂; 2♂, the same locality, empty leaf-mines on Prunus spinosa L. and Prunus cerasifera Ehrh., fieldwork card no. 5011, 14 –25.vii.2011, leg. A. Diškus & A. Navickaitė; the same locality, at light, 31.vii.2011. leg. J. R. Stonis, A. Navickaitė & G. Varačinskas; 2♂, the same locality, at light, 31.vii.2011. leg. J. R. Stonis, A. Navickaitė & G. Varačinskas; Simferopol, empty leaf-mines on Prunus spinosa L., fieldwork card no. 5011, 12.vii.2011, leg. A. Diškus; 12 km E Sudak, Sonyachna Dolyna, empty leaf-mines on Prunus spinosa L., fieldwork card no. 5011, 17.vii.2011, leg. A. Diškus & A. Navickaitė; 8 km S Sudak, Novyi Svit, empty leaf-mines on Prunus spinosa L., fieldwork card no. 5011, 18.vii.2011, leg. A. Diškus & A. Navickaitė; Feodosiya, empty leaf-mines on Prunus cerasifera Ehrh., fieldwork card no. 5011, 05.viii.2011, leg. J. R. Stonis, A. Navickaitė & G. Varačinskas; 49 km S Simferopol, Alushta, empty leaf-mines on Prunus spinosa L., fieldwork card no. 5011, 08.viii.2011, leg. J. R. Stonis, A. Navickaitė & G. Varačinskas; 12 km N Alushta, Lavanda, empty leaf-mines on Prunus cerasifera Ehrh., fieldwork card no. 5011, 09.viii.2011, leg. J. R. Stonis, A. Navickaitė & G. Varačinskas. Remarks. The species is very common in the Crimea: very widespread and very abundant.<p>