Stenolechia gemmella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Bidzilya, Oleksiy, Karsholt, Ole, Kravchenko, Vasiliy & Šumpich, Jan, 2019, An annotated checklist of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) of Israel with description of two new species, Zootaxa 4677 (1), pp. 1-68 : 57

Stenolechia gemmella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Phalaena (Tinea) gemmella Linnaeus, 1758 —Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 539.

Recurvaria nivea Haworth, 1828 —Lepid. Britannica (4): 554 (emend.).

Lita nigrovittella Duponchel , [1839]—in Godart, Hist. Nat. Lépid. Fr. (Suppl.) 3: 315.

Gelechia (Brachmia) lepidella Zeller, 1839 —Isis [32] 1839 (3): 202.

Records. Amsel 1933: 126; Amsel 1935c: 264; Bytinski-Salz & Sternlicht 1967: 130; Bodenheimer 1937: 101.

Material examined. Jordan: 1 ♀, Jordan Valley , Zerqa R. Colony, c. 100 m below S.L., 12.iv.1953, at light (Trought) ; 1 ♀, ditto but 18.ii.1954 ; 1 ♀, ditto but 18.i.1953 (gen. slide GU2281) ; 1 ♂, ditto but 19.xii.1952 (gen. slide GU2280) (all SMNK) .

Host plant. In Israel larvae feed on Quercus coccifera L. (as Q. calliprinos Webb ) ( Bytinski-Salz & Sternlicht 1967: 130).

Distribution. Europe to Caucasus ( Huemer & Karsholt 1999: 44), Israel, Jordan (new record).