Carpatolechia decorella (Haworth, 1812)

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 : 57

Carpatolechia decorella (Haworth, 1812)

Tinea decorella Haworth, 1812 —Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1: 338.

Gelechia humeralis Zeller, 1839 —Isis [32] 1839 (3): 200.

Lita incretella Duponchel , [1845]—Cat. méth. lépid. Eur.: 338.

Anacampsis lyellella Humphreys & Westwood, 1845 —Br. Moths 2: 190, pl. 106, fig. 10.

Lita humeralella Bruand , [1851]—Mém. Soc. Doubs 3 (3, livr. 5–6): 46.

Lita marmoripennella Bruand , [1851]—Mém. Soc. Doubs 3 (3, livr. 5–6): 47 [?81].

Gelechia pisticella Nowicki, 1860 —Enum. Lepid. Haliciae Orient.: 188.

Gelechia scabra Staudinger, 1870 —Horae Soc. ent. ross. 7 (1870): 254.

Gelechia erschoffii Frey, 1880 —Lep. Schweiz.: 361; TL: Wallis.

Teleia subericolella Caradja, 1920 —Dt. ent. Z. Iris 34 (1/2): 104.

Gelechia buckwelli Lucas, 1956 —Bull. Soc. Sci. nat. Maroc 35: 256.

Carpatolechia dumitrescui Capuse, 1964 —Ent. Tidskr. 85: 13, fig. 1–4.

Records. Halperin & Sauter 1992: 119, 135.

Material examined. 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Shoresh , 8.iv.1976 , Pistacia palaestina , 13.v.1976 (Halperin); 2 ex, Jerusalem, 8.iv.1988 , Pistacia palaestina , p. 12.iv, em. 4.v (Halperin); 1 ex, Ein Hemed , 7.iv.1976 , Pistacia palaestina , in blosson, pupa 24.iv, em. 15.v.1976 (Halperin); 1 ♂, Nahal Amud , 19.iv.1976 , Pistacia palaestina , pup. 6.v, em. 22.v.1976 (Halperin); 1 ex, Israeel, Shaar Hagai , 8.iv.1976 , Pistacia palaestina , pup. 15.ix, em. 13.v.1976 (Halperin); 2 ♂, Jerusalem, 6.vi.2004 (Kravchenko) (all TAU) ; 1 ♂, Haifa—Carmelia , light trap 3.x.1999 (Pavlíček) ; 4 ♂, 7 ♀, Nahal Oren, Mt. Carmel , light trap 26.ii.1998 (Pavlíček & Kravchenko) ; 1 ♂, ditto but 27.v.1999 ; 1 ♀, ditto but 24.vi.1997 ; 2 ♀, ditto but 25.ii.1999 ; 1 ♀, ditto but 1.iv.1997 ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, ditto but 5.ii.2000 (Pavlíček) ; 1 ♂, 3 ♀, ditto but 11.iii.2000 (all NMPC).

Host plant. In Israel larvae feed on P. terebinthus ssp. palaestina Boiss. (as Pistacia palaestina Boiss. ) ( Halperin & Sauter 1992: 135).

Distribution. Europe, Canary Islands, North Africa, Turkey, Israel, Kazakhstan ( Huemer & Karsholt 1999: 68).