Colposcenia aliena (Löw, 1882)

Published records. LOGINOVA (1972): Baghlan, Kunduz (Imam Sahib); HODKINSON (1986): Afghanistan.

Material examined. BAGHLAN: Baghlan, flood plain, 4.viii.1966, 1 ♂, E. S. Sugonyaev leg. (ZIN; dry-mounted). KANDAHAR: Kandahar, 950 m, 11.ii.1953, 1 ♂ (terminalia missing), J. Klapperich leg. (MMBC; dry and slidemounted). KUNDUZ: Imam Sahib, saline land, on Tamarix sp., 18.x.1966, 2 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀, E. S. Sugonyaev leg. (ZIN; dry-mounted). PARVAN: southern slope of Hindu Kush, 50 km W from Charikar, 2100–2200 m, flood plain, on Tamarix sp., 17.ix.1966, 2 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀, E. S. Sugonyaev leg. (ZIN; dry-mounted) .

General distribution. Iran, China, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan; Central Asia, Mongolia, Caucasus, Middle East, North Africa, southern Europe (HODKINSON 1986, GEGECHKORI & LOGINOVA 1990, BURCKHARDT & ÖNUÇAR 1993, BURCKHARDT 2011, LI 2011).

Host plants. Tamarix spp. ( Tamaricaceae) (GEGECHKORI & LOGINOVA 1990).