61. Glaucolepis melanoptera (van Nieukerken & Puplesis, 1991) (Figs 134–136) Host-plant. Unknown. Probably Prunus spp. (incl. P. spinosa L.). Type of distribution (chorological group). West-Palaearctic; the species occurs from Spain and Italy to Greece, Crimea, Slovakia, Armenia, and Turkmenistan. Material examined. CRIMEA: 1♂, 20 km SW Feodosiya, Karadag Reserve, at light, 15.vii.1987, leg. Yu. Budashkin, genitalia slide no. AN217; 2♂, the same locality, at light, 22.vii.1987, leg. R. Puplesis, genitalia slide nos AN 210♂, AN 213♂; 1♂, the same locality, at light, 11.vii.1988, leg. R. Puplesis, genitalia slide no. RA 261♂; 1♂, 12–26.viii.2009, leg. A. Remeikis & J. R. Stonis, genitalia slide no. RA 258♂; 21♂, the same locality, at light, 23.vii–04.viii.2011, leg. J. R. Stonis, A. Navickaitė & G. Varačinskas; 2♂, the same locality, at light, 24.viii.2011, leg. J. R. Stonis & S. Hill. Remarks. The species is common in the Crimea: widespread and very abundant (no mines, collected only at light).

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 page 169, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3847.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/251666