Microlechia chretieni Turati, 1924

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Microlechia chretieni Turati, 1924

Microlechia chretieni Turati, 1924 —Atti Soc. ital. Sci. nat. 63: 163, pl. 6, fig. 5.

Gelechia micradelpha Walsingham, 1900 —Ent. mon. Mag. 36: 217 (preocc. Gelechia micradelpha Lower, 1897 );

Phthorimaea microcasis Meyri ck, 1929—Exot. Microlep. 3 (17): 532 (repl. Gelechia micradelpha Walsingham, 1900 )

Hedma abzacella Dumont, 1932 —Soc. ent. Fr (Livre centen.): 714, fig. 18–22.

Teleia hyoscyamella Amsel & Hering, 1931 —Dt. ent. Zs 1931: 132, pl. 1, fig. 5; homonym of Teleia hyoscyamella Rebel, 1912 .

Teleia hyoscyami Amsel, 1935 —Mitt. zool. Mus. Berl. 20 (2): 299 pl. 12, fig. 147.

Megalocypha polioptera Janse, 1960 —Moths S.Afr. 6 (2): 197.

Records. Amsel & Hering 1931: 132 ( hyoscyamella ); Amsel 1933: 125 ( hyoscyami ); Amsel 1935a: 299 ( hyoscyami ); Amsel 1935c: 263 ( hyoscyami ); Bodenheimer 1937: 101 ( hyoscyami ).

Material examined. Syntypes of Teleia hyoscyami : 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Jerusalem, ex la. 26.iii.1930, Hyoscyamus (Amsel) ( UMB) ; syntypes of Teleia hyoscyami : 1 ♀, 2 ex., Jerusalem, Z. 232, 26.iii.1930, Hyoscyamus (Amsel) (gen. slide Am. 5172, Am. 554) ; 2 ex., Jerusalem, 6.iii.1930 (Amsel) (gen. slide Am. 5174, Am. 555) (all SMNK) ; 1 ♀, Jericho (Pal), Lichtfang, 16.iv.1930 (A. 831) ; 1 ♀, Ojerrasch., Transiord., 7.iv.1930 (gen. slide A. 825) (all SMNK) ; 1 ♀, Shezaf N.R., Nahal Shahaq, 25.iii.1999, Malaise Trap (Yarom) ( TAU) .

Host plant. Hyoscyamus aureus L. ( Amsel & Hering 1931: 132). Distribution. Portugal, Spain, South France, Italy (Sardinia), Croatia, Crete, Canary Islands, Tunisia, Algeria,

Syria, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Bahrein, Iran, Afghanistan, South Africa ( Povolný 2002: 99; Huemer & Karsholt 2010:

228).