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
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-09-30
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Nothris verbascella
([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Tinea verbascella
Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
—Ank. syst. Schmett. Wienergegend: 136.
Nothris verbascella clarella
Amsel, 1935
—Mitt. zool.
Mus
. Berl. 20 (2): 298.
Records.
Bodenheimer 1930a: 174
(
sulcella
; misidentification);
Amsel 1935a: 298
;
Bodenheimer 1937: 101
(
verbascella
clarella
&
sulcella
);
Karsholt & Šumpich 2015: 484
.
Material examined.
Syntypes
of
Nothris verbascella clarella
:
1 ♂
,
Karmel
,
Haifa
,
7.v.1930
(
Amsel
)
;
1 ♂
,
Jericho
(
Pal
.),
Lichtfang
,
28.iv.1930
(
Amsel
) (all
SMNK
)
;
1 ♂
,
Jericho
,
28.iv.1930
(
Amsel
)
;
1 ♂
,
Tel Aviv
,
18.iv.1925
(
Bodenheimer
) (all
NHMW
)
.
Host plant.
In
Israel
the larvae have been recorded feeding on
Verbascum
sp. (
Bodenheimer 1937: 101
).
Distribution.
Europe, northwards to central Scandinavia, European
Russia
, North Africa, Middle East,
Turkey
,
Iran
,
Iraq
,
Turkmenistan
(
Karsholt & Šumpich 2015: 486
).