Scythris physalis, FALKOVITCH, 1972

D’Entrèves, P. & Roggero, A., 2006, New And Little-Known Species Of Scythridid Moths Collected By Z. Kaszab In Mongolia (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea, Scythrididae), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 52 (1), pp. 49-75 : 67

S. physalis FALKOVITCH, 1972

Scythris physalis FALKOVITCH, Trudy zool. Inst. 52: 325.

Material. 1 m (Genital slide no. 4108 Passerin d’Entrèves), MONGOLIA: South Gobi aimag, 100 km W of Ovot Chuural Checkpoint , 1250 m, 1967 Kaszab Expedition, 22.VI.1967; 1 f (Genital slide no. 4104 Passerin d’Entrèves), MONGOLIA: Ovorhangay aymag, 130 km ESE of somon Bajanleg , 1150 m, 1967 Kaszab Expedition , 3.VII.1967 .

Distribution. S. physalis is known from Uzbekistan and southern Mongolia.

Remarks. The host plants are unknown, but in Mongolia the species was collected in June, on the edge of a hill with luxuriant Tamarix and Haloxylon vegetation, and then in July on sandy hills covered with Tamarix . FALKOVITCH collected the species in the Bukhara region in August and September.