Aproaerema anthyllidella

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 : 16-17

Aproaerema anthyllidella (Hübner, [1813])

Tinea anthyllidella Hübner , [1813]—Samml. eur. Schmett. [8]: pl. 48, fig. 330.

Gelechia nigritella Stainton, 1854 —Ins. Britannica: 133.

Gelechia psoralella Millière, 1865 —Iconogr. Descr. Chenilles Lépid. inédits 2: 83, 99, pl. 61.

Gelechia (Anacampsis) lachtensis Erschoff , [1877]—Horae Soc. ent. Ross. 12 (4): 345.

Gelechia (Anacampsis) sparsiciliella Barrett, 1891 —Ent. mon. Mag. 27: 7.

Anacampsis infestella Rebel, 1896 —Ann. Mus. Wien 11: 128.

Monochroa brundini (Benander, 1945) —Ent. Tidskr. 66: 132.

Aproaerema alfalfella Amsel, 1958 —Beitr. naturk. Forsch. SüdwDtschl. 17 (1): 80.

Aproaerema aureliana Capuse, 1964 —Ent. Tidskr. 85: 15.

Records. Amsel 1933: 125; Amsel 1935c: 264; Bodenheimer 1937: 101.

Material examined. 1 ex., Jericho , 11.iv.1930, Lichtfang ; 1 ex., Georgskloster, Wadi et Kelt , Lichtfang , 1.iv.1930 ; 1 ex., On alfalfa, Rehovot , 16.ii.1936 ( SMNK) ; 1♀, 5.iii.1975, Hulioth , 21.vi.1968; 1 ex, Kyriat Haim, Lotus creticus , 3.iv.1975, coll. J. Halperin / Stomopteryx anthyllidella alfalfella Ams ., ♂, GP 7314, W. Sauter; 1 ♂, Bat-Shlomo , 20.viii.1968 (gen. slide 131/18, O. Bidzilya) (all TAU) ; 1 ♂, slopes by Yflach , 31.v.2004 (Kravchenko) ; 1 ♂, Jerusa- lem, 6.vi.2004 (Kravchenko) (all TAU) ; 3 ♂, East bank of Kenneret lake, Mevo Hama, 18.iv.2018, light (Kravchen- ko & Bidzilya) ( TAU, ZMKU) ; 1 ♂, 2 ♀, Keshet , 21.iv.2018, at light (Kravchenko & Bidzilya) ( ZMKU) .

Host plant. In Israel the larvae have been recorded feeding on Trifolium sp. ( Bodenheimer 1937: 101), Medicago sativa L. and Lotus creticus L. (according to label).

Distribution. Palaearctic region.