Altenia mersinella (Staudinger, 1879)

Teleia mersinella Staudinger, 1879 —Horae Soc. Ent. Ross. 14: 313

Stenolechia sagittella Caradja, 1920 —Dt. ent. Z. Iris 34 (1/2): 110

Teleia melanostictella Ragonot, 1895 —Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1895: 106

Gelechia praedicata Meyrick, 1923 —Exot. Microlep. 3 (1–2): 19 (repl. Gelechia melanostictella Ragonot, 1895)

Telphusa tribolopis Meyrick, 1927 —Exot. Microlep. 3 (11): 344

Records. Amsel 1933: 125 ( tribolopis); Bodenheimer 1937: 101 ( tribolopis).

Material examined. 2 ♂, Karmel, Haifa, 7.v.1930 (Amsel) (SMNK) ; 1 ♀, Karmel, 7.ii.1981 (Wool) ex. Aploneura (TAU) ; 2 ♂, Nahal Oren, Mt. Carmel, light trap 17.v.1997 (Pavlíček & Kravchenko) ; 1 ♂,ditto but 23.iv.1998; 1 ♂, ditto but 5.vii.1999 (all NMPC) .

Host plant. According to the label one specimen was bred from galls (?) of Aploneura sp. ( Hemiptera: Aphididae).

Distribution. Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey (Huemer & Karsholt 2001: 47), Israel.