7. Stigmella microtheriella (Stainton, 1854) (new to the Crimea) (Fig. 16) Host-plants. Carpinus orientalis Mill. and Corylus avellana L. in the Crimea; in other regions also other species of Carpinus and Corylus, as well as cultivated Ostrya carpinifolia Scop. Distribution. Euro-Mediterranean; the species occurs from Spain and Ireland to Finland, central European Russia and Greece. Material examined. CRIMEA: Yalta, Mountain Forest Reserve and Botanical Garden, empty leaf-mines on Carpinus orientalis M. Bieb., fieldwork card no. 5041, 19.vii.2011, leg. A. Diškus & A. Navickaitė; 23 km S Simferopol, near Angarskij Pereval, empty leaf-mines on Carpinus orientalis M. Bieb., fieldwork card no. 5041, 21.vii.2011, A. Diškus & A. Navickaitė; 20 km SW Feodosiya, Karadag Reserve, larva on Corylus avellana L., fieldwork card no. 5041, 24.vii.2011, leg. A. Diškus & A. Navickaitė. Remarks. The species is not rare in the Crimea: widespread and abundant.

Published as part of Navickaitė, Asta, Diškus, Arūnas & Stonis, Jonas R., 2014, An updated checklist of Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) of the Crimea, Sub-Mediterranean SE Europe, pp. 151-202 in Zootaxa 3847 (2) on pages 154-155, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3847.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/251666