An updated checklist of Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) of the Crimea, Sub-Mediterranean SE Europe
Author
Navickaitė, Asta
Author
Diškus, Arūnas
Author
Stonis, Jonas R.
text
Zootaxa
2014
3847
2
151
202
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3847.2.1
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1175-5326
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63.
Etainia sericopeza
(Zeller, 1839)
(
Figs 60
,
140
)
Host-plant.
Acer platanoides
L. in the Crimea, as in other regions.
Type
of distribution
(chorological group). Euro-Nemoral; the species is widespread in Europe (except the southern regions), also recorded in North
America
(
Canada
: Ontario;
USA
: Connecticut, New York) (
Wilkinson & Scoble 1979
).
Material examined.
CRIMEA:
1♂
, 2♀,
23 km
S Simferopol, near Angarskij Pereval, mining larva on
Acer platanoides
L., fieldwork card no. 5049,
22
.vii.2011, leg. A. Diškus, genitalia slide no. AN
494♂
.
Remarks.
The species is rare in the Crimea: highly limited in distribution (occurs at higher elevations and in shady forests), not abundant mining.