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).