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
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1
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journal article
25340
10.11646/zootaxa.4677.1.1
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Scrobipalpa suaedivorella
(Chrétien, 1915)
Lita suaedivorella
Chrétien, 1915
—Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 84: 320.
Lita detersipunctella
Toll, 1947
—Z. wien. ent. Ges. 32: 114, pl. 4, fig. 23.
Material.
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
,
Nabi Musa
,
27.i
,
18.ii
;
2 ♀
,
Birkat Zefira
,
9.ii.2016
, ex
Suaeda asphaltica
(Keidar)
;
1 ♂
,
Mirpe
,
Jeriho
,
18.i.20-16
(
Dorchin
)
;
1 ♂
,
Arad
,
9.ii.2016
, ex
Suaeda asphaltica
(Kedar)
(all
TAU
)
.
Host plant.
The larvae were recorded feeding on various species of
Suaeda
(Falkovitsh & Bidzilya 2006: 75;
Huemer & Karsholt 2010: 142
),
Salicornia
sp. and
Salsola tetragona
Delile (
Povolný 2002: 72
)
. In
Israel
the species was bred from
Suaeda asphaltica
(Boiss.) Boiss.
(new host plant record).
Distribution.
Spain
,
Russia
(
Volgograd region
) (
Huemer & Karsholt 2010: 142
),
Tunisia
,
Algeria
,
Turkey
,
Iran
(
Povolný 2002: 72
),
Kazakhstan
,
Turkmenistan
,
Uzbekistan
, (
Falkovitsh & Bidzilya 2009: 77
),
Israel
(new record).