Parapodia sinaica (Frauenfeld, 1859)

Gelechia sinaica Frauenfeld, 1859 —Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 9: 323.

Parapodia tamaricicola Walsingham, 1911 – Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1912: 305.

Cecidonostola tamariciella Amsel, 1958 —Beitr. naturk. Forsch. SüdwDtschl. 17 (1): 81.

Records. Amsel 1933: 126; Amsel 1935b: 210; Amsel 1935c: 264; Bodenheimer 1937: 101; Halperin & Sauter 1992: 127.

Material examined. 1 ♀, Nahal David Spill, nr. Ein Gedi, 27.iii.1973, coll. S. Umon | Na-3-1570-4322, ex/en small galls, plant col. on: 13.iii.1972 (SMNK); 2 ♂, Field School, Hazeva, 28.iii, 6.iv.1998 ( Ashkenazi) ; 1 ♂, Shezaf N.R., Nahal Shahaq, 3.iv.1999, Malaise Trap ( Yarom) ; 1 ♀, Israel, N. David, 20.iii.1972 ( Furth) (all TAU) .

Host plant. In Israel larvae were recorded feeding on Tamarix sp. (Bodenheimer 1937: 101; Halperin & Sauter 1992: 127).

Distribution. South France, Spain, North Africa, Cyprus, Middle East, NE Arabia, Iraq, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan (Sattler 1962: 53; Ivinskis & Piskunovas 1994: 42; Vives Moreno 2014: 173).