Metzneria aspretella Lederer, 1869

Metzneria aspretella Lederer, 1869 —Horae Soc. ent. ross. 6 (2): 92, pl. 5, fig. 13.

Records. Bodenheimer 1930a: 173; 1937: 100.

Material examined. 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Har Hermon, 2000 m, 28.vi.2012 (Freidberg) | Cousinia hermonis (2011) collected in 2012 (gen. slide 143/18, O. Bidzilya) (TAU) .

Host plant. In Israel the larva was bred from Cousinia libanotica DC. (as C. hermonis) (new host plant record).

Distribution. Iran, Afghanistan (Englert 1974), Israel.