Scrobipalpa ocellatella (Boyd, 1858)

Bidzilya, Oleksiy, Karsholt, Ole, Kravchenko, Vasiliy & Šumpich, Jan, 2019, An annotated checklist of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) of Israel with description of two new species, Zootaxa 4677 (1), pp. 1-68 : 47-48

Scrobipalpa ocellatella (Boyd, 1858)

Gelechia ocellatella Boyd, 1858 —Ent. Weekly Int. 4 (96): 143.

Gelechia ocellatella Stainton, 1859 —Ann. Mag. nat. Hist (3) 3: 212 (preocc.).

Gelechia submissella Stainton, 1859 —Ann. Mag. nat. Hist (3) 3: 212.

Gelechia horticolella Rössler, 1866 –Verz. Schmett. Nassau: 240.

Lita atriplicella var. clarella Caradja, 1920 —Dt. ent. Z. Iris 34 (1/2): 100.

Lita ocellatella obscurior Rebel, 1926 —Bull. Soc. ent. Egypte 10: 187.

Gnorimoschema ocellatellum orientale Gregor & Povolný, 1954 —Zool. ent. Listy 3: 91.

Records. Bodenheimer 1930a: 174; Bodenheimer 1930b: 338–339; Amsel 1933: 125; Amsel 1935b: 211; Amsel 1935c: 263; Bodenheimer 1937: 100; Kugler 1966: 85.

Material examined. 1 ♂, Bat Shlomo , 20.viii.1968 ; 2 ♂, Hulioth , 17.x.1968 (Shohom) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Ein Gedi , 16.viii.1968 ; 1 ♀, Abu Gosh , 21.viii.1968 ; 1 ♀, Vingeit , 26.viii.1968 ; 2 ♀, Bat Zion , 28.viii.1968 (gen. slide 200/18, O. Bidzilya) (all TAU).

Host plant. In Israel the larvae were recorded feeding on Beta sp. ( Bodenheimer 1930a: 174; 1930: 338–339; 1937: 100).

Distribution. Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Middle East, Armenia, Turkmenistan ( Lvovsky & Piskunov 1999: 84; Huemer & Karsholt 2010: 165).