Ornativalva sesostrella (Rebel, 1912)

Gelechia sesostrella Rebel, 1912 —Dt. ent. Z. Iris 26 (1): 88.

Material examined. 1 ♂, 1♀, Hazeva, Field School,, 23.v.1998, Malaise Trap (Ashkenazi) (gen. slide 146/ 18♀, 155/ 18♂, O. Bidzilya) ; 1 ♂, Hazeva, Field School, 8.x.1997, Malaise Trap (Ashkenazi) (gen. slide 138/18 O. Bid- zilya) ; 1 ♀, Nahal Shezaf, 30.iii.1998 (Ashkenazi) (gen. slide 157/18, O. Bidzilya) ; 1 ♂, Jerusalem, 6.vi.2004 (Kravchenko) (all TAU) .

Distribution. Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, South Iran, Pakistan (Sattler 1976), Israel (new record).