An annotated checklist of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) of Israel with description of two new species Author Bidzilya, Oleksiy Author Karsholt, Ole Author Kravchenko, Vasiliy Author Šumpich, Jan text Zootaxa 2019 2019-09-30 4677 1 1 68 journal article 25340 10.11646/zootaxa.4677.1.1 96befb78-0a83-49f3-aa2c-50621311f7c7 1175-5326 3468862 11BCCBB0-1FB1-4890-A07C-15C1477EAFD2 Ochrodia subdiminutella ( Stainton, 1867 ) Gelechia subdiminutella Stainton, 1867 —Tineina of Syria and Asia Minor : 45. Gelechia jamaicensis Walsingham, 1897 —Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1897: 76. Gnorimoschema bucolica Meyrick, 1904 —Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 29 (2): 317. Lita zygophyllella Rebel, 1912 —Dt. ent. Z. Iris 26 (1): 89. Phthorimaea ericnista Meyrick, 1914 —Ann. S. Afr. Mus . 10 (8): 245. Aristotelia ferritincta Turner, 1919 —Proc. R. Soc. Qd 31 (10): 115. Phthorimaea ochrodeta Meyrick, 1923 —Exot. Microlep. 3 (1–2): 23. Phthorimaea extorris Meyrick, 1923 —Exot. Microlep. 3 (1–2): 50. Phthorimaea crocoleuca Meyrick, 1923 —Exot. Microlep. 3 (1–2): 51. Lita unitella Turati, 1930 —Atti Soc. ital. Sci. nat. 69: 78. Aristotelia tribulivora Dumont, 1931 —Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1931: 149. Aristotelia pulverea Janse, 1950 —Moths S.Afr. 5 (2): 115. Scrobipalpa turgida Janse, 1951 —Moths S.Afr. 5 (3): 218. Gnorimoschema infallax Gozmány, 1960 —Ann. hist.-nat. Mus . nat. hung. 52: 417. Gnorimoschema tractatum Gozmány, 1960 —Ann. hist.-nat. Mus . nat. hung. 52: 418. Records. Stainton 1867: 46 ; Meyrick 1923: 23 ( ochrodeta ); Bodenheimer 1930b: 377 ( ochrodeta ); Amsel 1933: 125 ( suasoria ); Amsel 1935c: 263 ( ochrodeta & suasoria ); Bodenheimer 1937: 101 ( ochrodeta & suasoria ). Material examined. 1 ♂ , Jericho ( Pal ), Lichtfang , 30.iv.1930 (gen. slide Am. 4853) ; 1 ♂ , Jericho ( Pal ), Lichtfang , 11.iv.1930 (gen. slide A. 790); Jericho Z. 307, Balanitis aegyptica, 7-25.v.1930 (gen. slides A. 285, A. 284) ; 1 ♂ , Tel-Aviv ( Dune ), 7.iii.1932 ( Einsler ) (gen. slide A. 844) ; 1 ♂ , Georgskloster , Wadi el Kelt , Lichtfang , 1.iv.1930 (gen. slide A. 818) ; 1 ♀ , same but 21.v.1930 (gen. slide A. 814); 1 ♂ , same data but 11.iv.1930 (gen. slide A. 799) (all SMNK ) ; 1 ♂ , Hazeva , Field School , 6.iv.1998 , Malaise Trap ( Ashkenazi ) (gen. slide 161/18, O. Bidzilya ) ; 1 ♀ , Ein Gedi , 17.viii.1968 (gen. slide 125/18, O. Bidzilya ) (all TAU ) ; 2 ♂ , 2 ♀ , 8 exx, Jericho , Kalia , v.2004 (Kravchen- ko) (gen. slide 5706 Hendriksen ) ; 2 ♂ , Jerusalem , 6.vi.2004 ( Kravchenko ) (all TAU , ZMUC ) . Host plant. Balanites aegyptiaca L. (Delile) ( Bodenheimer 1930b: 377 ; Amsel & Hering, 1931: 124 ). Distribution. South Europe, subtropical and tropical Africa and Asia ( Huemer & Karsholt 2010: 222 ). Remarks. Gelechia subdiminutella was described from two males and one female from Jaffa (“Jeffa”) and “plains of Jordan ” ( Stainton 1867: 45 ). The type specimens in NHMUK match the specimens listed above from Jericho, Kalia. Phthorimaea crocoleuca was described from one male, which Buxton bred from a larva feeding on Balanites aegyptiaca by Jericho ( Meyrick 1923: 51 ). The holotype has lost its abdomen ( Clarke 1969: 160–161 ), but externally matches well O. subdiminutella . The genus Ochrodia is in need of revision. Povolný (e.g., 1972: 93–94) was unable to separate the species and synonymized all Ochrodia species under O. subdiminutella . A revision of the genus is outside the scope of this study, but we notice that our material includes at least two Ochrodia species.