6. Stigmella paliurella Gerasimov, 1937

(Figs 15, 66)

Host-plants. Paliurus spina-christi Mill. in the Crimea; in Central Asia Ziziphus jujuba Mill. (Puplesis & Diškus 2003).

Type of distribution (chorological group). West-Palaeractic; the species occurs from southern Europe to the eastern Caucasus (Azerbaijan) and western part of Central Asia (Turkmenistan: Kopet Dag) (Puplesis 1994, Puplesis & Diškus 2003).

Material examined. CRIMEA: 1♂, 20 km SW Feodosiya, Karadag Reserve, at light, 21.viii.1987, leg. Yu. Budashkin, 2♂, the same locality, at light, 12–19.vii.1987, leg. R. Puplesis; 3♂, the same locality, at light, 28.vi–15.vii.1988, leg. R. Puplesis, genitalia slide no. RA 252♂; 1♂, the same locality, at light, 24.viii.2011, leg. J. R. Stonis & S. Hill; 1♂, Yalta, Mys Martian, at light, 08.vii.1988, leg. R. Puplesis; 20♂, the same locality, at light, 23–31.vii.2011, leg. J. R. Stonis, A. Navickaitė & G. Varačinskas; 50 km SE Feodosiya, Sudak, empty leaf-mines on Paliurus spina-christi Mill., fieldwork card no. 5062, 07.viii.2011, leg. J. R. Stonis, A. Navickaitė & G. Varači nskas.

Remarks. The species is common in the Crimea: widespread and very abundant.