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 1. Simplimorpha promissa (Staudinger, 1870) ( Figs 11 , 62 ) Host-plants. Cotinus coggygria Scop. in the Crimea; in other regions also Pistacia spp. and Rhus coriaria L. Type of distribution (chorological group). Sub-Mediterranean-Mediterranean; the species occurs from Spain and Austria to Greece and Georgia (Abkhazia). Material examined. CRIMEA: 5♂ , 20 km SW Feodosiya, Karadag Reserve, at light, 12–26.viii.2009 , leg. A. Remeikis & J. R. Stonis; 1♂ , the same locality, mining larva on Cotinus coggygria Scop. , fieldwork card no. 4966, 12 –26.viii.2009, leg. A. Remeikis & J. R. Stonis; 1♂ , the same locality, mining larva on Cotinus coggygria Scop. , fieldwork card no. 5058, 01 –02.viii.2011, leg. A. Diškus & G. Varačinskas, genitalia slide no. AN 511♂ ; 50 km SE Feodosiya, Sudak, empty leaf-mines on Cotinus coggygria Scop. , fieldwork card no. 5058, 07 .viii.2011., leg. J. R. Stonis, A. Navickaitė & G. Varačinskas; 12 N Alushta, Lavanda, empty leaf-mines on Cotinus coggygria Scop. , fieldwork card no. 5058, 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, particularly in the coastal zone.