Trioza urticae (Linnaeus, 1758)

(Figs. 22–23)

Material examined. BAGHLAN: Hindu Kush, Khinjan Valley, Do-Shak, 2500 m, 26.ix.1952, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, J. Klapperich leg.; same data, 1.x.1952, 1 ♂ 1 ♀ (MMBC; dry-mounted).

General distribution. Iran, China, Tajikistan; India, Central Asia, Mongolia, Russian Far East and Siberia, Caucasus, Turkey, Europe (GEGECHKORI & LOGINOVA 1990, BURCKHARDT & LAUTERER 1993, BURCKHARDT 2011, LI 2011). New record for Afghanistan.

Host plants. Urtica cannabina, U. dioica and U. urens (Urticaceae) (GEGECHKORI & LOGINOVA 1990).

Comments. Males from Afghanistan differ from European specimens in the slightly broader paramere which is hardly constricted subapically (Figs. 22–23). More material is needed to assess the taxonomic significance of this difference.