Scrobipalpa phagnalella (CONSTANT, 1895)

Karsholt, Ole & Huemer, Peter, 2017, Review of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) from Crete, Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (1), pp. 159-190 : 181

Scrobipalpa phagnalella (CONSTANT, 1895)

F i r s t r e c o r d. HUEMER & KARSHOLT (2010: 93) from Nom. Rethymon, Agia Galini.

E x a m i n e d m a t e r i a l. 13, 8 km W Heraklion , 5.xi.1991, leg. Fibiger ( ZMUC) ; 633, 10 km W Ag. Varvara , 500 m, 7.ix.1991, leg. Fibiger ( ZMUC) ; 13, 20 km W Sitia , 10 m, 9- 10.xi.1991, leg. Fibiger ( ZMUC) ; 233, 30 km E Heraklion, Lomin Hersonison , 200 m, 11.xi.1991, leg. Fibiger ( ZMUC) ; 13, Paleochroa , 20 m, 1.iv.1999, Fibiger & Jeppesen et al. ( ZMUC) ; 13, Agia Galini , Nom. Rethymon, ca. 150 m, 21.iii.1995, leg. Ruckdeschel, genitalia slide GEL 10723 Huemer ( TLMF) (HUEMER & KARSHOLT 2010) ; 13, Koutsounari , 28.iv.2003, leg. Ruckdeschel ( TLMF) ; 13, ditto, but 4.xi.2004 ( TLMF) ; 13, Koutsounari , Ferma, 70 m, 7.xi.2004, leg. Ruckdeschel ( TLMF) ; 233, Koutsouras , Achlia, 30 m, 7.xi.2004, leg. Ruckdeschel ( TLMF) ; 13, ditto, but 9.iv.2008 ( TLMF) ; 13, Koutsounari , Agios Joannis, 390 m, 1.v.2005, leg. Ruckdeschel ( TLMF) ; 13, ditto, but 14.iv.2008 ( TLMF) ; 13, Agia Galini , ca. 100 m, 15.xi.2004, leg. Ruckdeschel ( TLMF) ; 13, Paleochroa ca. 150 m, 27.iii.1999, leg. Ruckdeschel ( TLMF) ; 1♀, 1.7 km S Topolia , 380 m, 15-19.vi.2014, leg. Karsholt, Hviid & Vilhelmsen ( ZMUC) .

R e m a r k s. S. phagnalella is a rather common species in Crete, with adults flying from September to early May (one worn specimen was caught in mid-June), probably in one hibernating generation.