Epidola semitica Amsel, 1942

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 : 33

Epidola semitica Amsel, 1942

Fig. 41

Epidola semitica Amsel, 1942 —Veröff. dt. Kol. Übersee-Mus. 3: 221, pl. 16, fig. 10.

Material. “ Type ” of semitica ♂, Ain Kerem , Jerusalem, 20.vi.1930 (Einsler) (gen. slide GU 58); “ type ” of semitica , 1 ♀, same data ; 1 ♀ (abdomen missing), same data (all SMNK) ; 1 ♀, Wingeit , 11.v (gen. slide 199/18, O. Bidzilya) ( TAU) .

Distribution. Israel.

Remarks. Epidola semitica was described from a single (worn) male collected by W. Einsler 20th June 1930 at Ain Karem near Jerusalem. The holotype was stated to be deposited in the collection of the Deutsches Kolonial- und Übersee-Museum in Bremen, but could not be traced there during a visit by OK in 2008. No additional specimens were mentioned in the original description, although we were able to examine three additional specimens in SMNK, collected on the same occasion. Two of them, male and female, bear a “type” label. It is unclear to us if any of these represents the holotype.

Figures

FIGS 39–46. Type specimens of Gelechidae described from Israel and Palestine and some regional endemics. Adults. 39. Schützeia languidella Ams., syntype, ♂, Tel-Aviv, Düne, 25.v.1932. 40. Oxypteryx jordanella Rbl., ♂, Jericho, 22.ii.1931. 41. Epidola semitica, “Type”, ♂, Ain Kerem, 20.vi.1930. 42. Chrysophora halymella Ams., “Type”, Georgskloster, 21.iv.1930. 43. Aristotelia brizelloides Ams., syntype, ♂, Jericho, 31.v.1930. 44. Paltodora striatella magna Ams., lectotype, Kirjat Anawim, 28.iii.1930. 45. Rhinosia flavella aflavella Ams., paralectotype, ♂, Tabgha, Tiberias, Märtz, 1930. 46. Gelechia haifella Ams., holotype, ♀, Karmel, 7.v.1930.