Harpagidia magnetella (Staudinger, 1871)

Gelechia magnetella Staudinger, 1871 —Berl. ent. Z. 1870: 310.

Harpagidia pallidibasella Ragonot, 1895 —Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1895: 107.

Gelechia melitophanes Meyrick, 1931 —Exot. Microlep. 4: 85.

Records. Meyrick, 1931: 85 ( melitophanes).

Material examined. 1 ♂, Jerusalem, 6.vi.2004 (Kravchenko) (TAU) .

Distribution. Greece, Turkey, Armenia, Iraq, Lebanon (Zerny 1934: 19), Israel.

Remarks. Gelechia melitophanes was described from a pair collected in ” Palestine, Mt. Carmel, May” by S. Tapukhi (Meyrick 1931: 85). According to Clarke (1969:175) they are labelled ”Place of Sacrifice, 2.5.30 S. Tapukhi. Carmel”, both are males and both are in very poor condition.