Metzneria aestivella (Zeller, 1839)

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 : 37

Metzneria aestivella (Zeller, 1839)

Gelechia aestivella Zeller, 1839 —Isis [32] 1839 (3): 202.

Gelechia carlinella Stainton, 1851 – Suppl. Cat. Br. Tineidae and Pteroph.: 5.

Gelechia selaginella Mann, 1855 –Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 5 (Abh.): 565.

Parasia torridella Mann, 1859 — Wien. Ent. Mon. 3 (6): 174.

Records. Amsel 1933: 124; Amsel 1935c: 262 ( selaginella ); Bodenheimer 1937: 100 ( selaginella ); Englert 1974: 395.

Material examined. 2 ♂, Georgskloster, Wadi el Kelt, 21.v.1930, Lichtfg. (Amsel) (GU 321, Englert); 1♂, 2 ♀, Ain Karem, Jerusalem, 14.v., 19.viii.1930 (Amsel) ; 3 ♂, 3 ♀, Tel-Aviv (Düne), 21.viii.1930 (Einsler) ; 1 ♂, Jericho, Palästine, 31.v.1930 (Amsel); 1 ex., Kirjat Anawim , Jerusalem, 2.v.1930 (Amsel) (all SMNK); 12 exx, slopes by Yflach, 31.v.2004 (Kravchenko) ; 1 ♂, 30 exx, Jerusalem, 6.vi.2004 (Kravchenko) ( TAU, ZMUC) .

Distribution. Europe, North Africa, Middle East ( Syria, Israel), Turkey ( Englert 1974: 395). A record from Zabaikalskiy krai of Russia (Bidzilya 2000: 287) refers to M. transbaikalica Bidzilya, 2018 ( Bidzilya & Nupponen 2018: 383).