Scythris monochreella (Ragonot, 1896)

D’Entrèves, Pietro Passerin & Roggero, Angela, 2009, Eastern Palaearctic Scythrididae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea): description of a new genus and some new species, Zootaxa 2263, pp. 1-20 : 18

Scythris monochreella (Ragonot, 1896)

Material examined. 12 3 and 5 ƤƤ N.- Afghanistan, Polichomri, 700 m, 5.vi.1956, H. G. Amsel leg. [genital slides 866, 9461 and 9464 PdE]; 1 3 O [st] Afghanistan, Balkh, 400 m, 24.v.1956, H. G. Amsel leg. [genital slide 9452 PdE]; 1 Ƥ Palestine, Jericho, Lichtfang [= collected by light], 26.viii.1930, H. Amsel; 1 3 Iraq, Baghdad, 1000 ft., 11.viii.56, E. P. Wiltshire; 1 3 Iraq, Baghdad, 1000 ft., 13.v.56, E. P. Wiltshire; 2 3 Iran, Fars, Umgeb v. Chiraz 1600 m, 1937, leg. Brandt, Riksmuseum Stockholm.

Distribution. Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Iran, and India. Remarks. New to Afghanistan.