Dichomeris alacella (Zeller, 1839)

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 : 26

Dichomeris alacella (Zeller, 1839)

Gelechia alacella Zeller, 1839 —Isis [32] 1839 (3): 199.

Records. Halperin & Sauter 1992: 134.

Material examined. 1 ♂, Nahal Oren , Mt. Carmel, light trap, 21.vi.1997 (Pavlíček & Kravchenko) ; 1 ♂, ditto but 24.vi.1997 ; 1 ♀, ditto but 21.viii.1998 (gen. slide 19015, J. Šumpich) (all NMPC) .

Host plant. In Israel the larvae have been recorded feeding on Cercis siliquastrum L. ( Halperin & Sauter 1992: 134).

Distribution. Europe, Russia: European part and Western Siberia, Iran ( Junnilainen et al. 2010: 63), Israel.