Diaphorina aegyptiaca Puton

Material examined. NCP: 2 ♀, Liman, Rt. 4, 5.vi.2000 (A. Freidberg); JD: 5 ♂, 4 ♀, ‘ En Gedi, 6.ii.2003 (A. Freidberg); NN: 1 ♂, Holot ‘ Agur, 180 m, 3 km east, Rt. 10, 31º02.67’N 34º21.96’E, 16.v.2007 (A. Freidberg); SN: 49 ♂, 47 ♀, Elat, Park Holland , 29º34.314’N 34º57.586’E, 14.v.2010, C. sinensis (D. Burckhardt & A. Freidberg); AV: 2 ♂, 6 ♀, Elot, Birding Park, 29º34.336’N 34º58.360’E, 18.ix.2009 (A. Freidberg) ; 114 ♂, 81 ♀, Elot, 29º34.331’N 34º58.361’E, 14.v.2010, Cordia sinensis (D. Burckhardt & A. Freidberg) .

Published records in Israel. CP, DS (Loginova 1978, as Diaphorina salvadorae); CP, DS, WN (Halperin et al. 1982, as Diaphorina salvadorae); DS (Burckhardt 1985).

Host plant. Cordia myxa, C. sinensis (Boraginaceae) .