Ornativalva heluanensis (Debski, 1913)

Teleia heluanensis Debski, 1913 —Bull. Soc. ent. Egypte 3: 111.

Teleia frankeniivorella Chrétien, 1917 —Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 85: 474.

Teleja [sic] oasicolella Turati, 1924 —Atti Soc. ital. Sci. nat. 63: 161, pl. 6, fig. 4.

Lita siculella Mariani, 1937 —G. Sci. nat. econ. Palermo 39 (3): 9, pl. 1, fig. 1.

Records. Sattler, 1967: 39; Sattler 1976: 103.

Material examined. 2 ♂, Südende d. Toten Meers, 15-27.iii.1933 (Amsel); 2 ♂, Jordanbrücke, Jericho, 10, 29. iv.1930 (Amsel) (gen. slide GU 3800 ♂, Genitalia K. Sattler, 303a; GU 3799 ♂, Genitalia K. Sattler, 299b) (all SMNK) ; 3 ♂, 4 ♀, Ein Gedi, 29, 30.iii.1968 (TAU); 2 ♂, 1 ♀, 18 exx, Jericho, Kalia, v.2004 (Kravchenko) (gen. slide 5489 Hendriksen) (TAU, ZMUC) .

Distribution. South Europe to Lower Volga, Cape Verde, Canary Islands, North Africa, Middle East, Central Asia to Mongolia and West China (Quinghai) (Sattler 1976: 103; Emelyanov & Piskunov 1982: 391).