Tinearia alternata (Say, 1824), 1803

Jezek, Jan, Chvojka, Pavel, Manko, Peter & Obona, Jozef, 2017, Faunistic and bibliographical inventory of moth flies from Ukraine (Diptera, Psychodidae), ZooKeys 693, pp. 109-128 : 117

23. Tinearia alternata (Say, 1824)

Material examined.

Uzh River, Nevyts’ke near bridge, 10.viii.2015, 1F, O Ma H leg., slide Inv. No. 22501, NMPC.

Distribution.

A cosmopolitan species, generally very common. Known from Austria, Balearic Is., Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Crete, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greek mainland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Madeira, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sardinia, Slovenia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Norway; Afghanistan, whole Africa, Australia, Bangladesh, Borneo, Canal Zone, Cape Verde Islands, Philippines, Hawaii, India, Jamaica, Japan, Macquarie Islands, Malaysia, Micronesia, Mongolia, New Zealand, North and South America, North Korea, Puerto Rico, Ryukyu Islands, Samoa, Socotra Island, Taiwan, Trinidad ( Ježek 1981; Ježek and van Harten 1996; Kvifte et al. 2011; Ježek and Tkoč 2012; Wagner 2013). New species for Ukraine.