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 22439cd3-cb3f-4b4c-9b0d-482553ad88d7 1175-5326 251666 F85B24DA-AA58-4155-9240-D30F72BA1B6C 48. Ectoedemia similigena Puplesis, 1994 ( Figs 111–113 ) Host-plant. Unknown. Type of distribution (chorological group). Sub-Mediterranean (a tentative endemic of the Crimea, but could also be introduced from somewhere). Material examined. CRIMEA: 1♂ , holotype , Yalta, Botanic Garden, at light, 20.v.1981 , leg. V. Kornilov, genitalia slide no. AN 216♂ , 9♂ , paratypes , the same labels data, genitalia slide no. EvN3924; 1♀, paratype , the same label data genitalia slide no. EvN3925♀. Remarks. The species is very rare in the Crimea: known from single locality (solitary finding) and sporadic. It was described by R. Puplesis in 1994 on the basis of specimens collected at light. During the field work of 2011 or 2012, the occurence of this species was not re-confirmed.