Genus HYALOTEPHRITIS Freidberg

Hyalotephritis Freidberg, 1979: 170, Type species: Trypeta planiscutellata Becker, 1903, original designation.

Hyalotephritis planiscutellata (Becker, 1903)

Trypeta planiscutellata Becker, 1903: 136 . Syntypes. Egypt (desert near Siala) (ZMHB). Distribution. AF: Ethiopia. PA: Egypt, Israel.

Egyptian localities. Coastal Strip: Alexandria . Eastern Desert: Geneifa, Serapium, Wadi Hoff. Fayoum: Siala . Lower Nile Valley and Delta: Barrage, Ezbet El-Nakhl, Gezeireh, Ityai El-Baroud, Kafr Hakim, Maadi, Magadlah, Mahmoudia, Mansouriya.

Host plants. Marsh fleabane ( Pluchea dioscoridis (L.) DC.). Sources: Efflatoun (1924a); Freidberg & Kugler (1989).

Dates of collection. February to November.