Athrips rancidella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)

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 : 46-47

Athrips rancidella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)

Gelechia rancidella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 —Syst. Bearb. Schmett. Europ. 5 (65): 176, (58) fig. 534.

Gelechia triatomaea Mühlig, 1864 —Stettin Ent. Ztg 25 (1–3): 101.

Gelechia vepretella Zeller, 1871 —Stettin Ent. Ztg 32 (1–3): 64.

Gelechia superfetella Peyerimhoff, 1877 —Pet. Nouv. Ent. 9 (164): 102.

Cremona cotoneastri Busck, 1934 —Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 36 (4): 83, pl. 14, fig. 1–5.

Epithectis cerasivorella Kuznetsov, 1960 —Trudy zool. Inst. Leningr. 27: 34.

Gelechia haifella Amsel, 1935 —Mitt. zool. Mus. Berl. 20 (2): 300. Syn. nov. Records. Bodenheimer 1930a: 173 ( vepretella ); Bodenheimer 1930b: 239, 249 ( vepretella ); Amsel 1933: 125 ( haifella ); Amsel 1935a: 300 ( haifella ); Amsel 1935c: 263 ( vepretella ); Bodenheimer 1937: 100 ( haifella & vepretella ); Bytinski-Salz 1966: 34.

Material examined. Holotype of Gelechia haifella ♀ “Karmel, Haifa, 7.5.1930, H. Amsel ” | Gelechia haifella , Ty- pus, leg. H. Amsel ” (gen. slide 251/08 ♀, O. Bidzilya) ( SMNK); 1 ♂, Jerusalem, 6.vi.2004 (Kravchenko) ( TAU).

Host plant. In Israel larvae were reported from Prunus sp. and Pyrus sp. ( Bodenheimer 1930a: 173; 1930b: 239, 249).

Distribution. Europe, Transcaucasia, Middle East, Iran, Syria, Turkmenistan, USA (Bidzilya 2005: 50), Israel. A. rancidella tadzhika Bidzilya, 2005 from Tadzhikistan should probably be considered as a separate species according to data from DNA analysis ( Karsholt & Huemer 2017).

Remarks. Gelechia haifella was described from a single female collected on Mount Carmel near Haifa. The holotype ( Fig. 46 ) agrees both externally and in the genitalia with Athrips rancidella . Hence, the following synonymy is established: Gelechia haifella Amsel, 1935 syn. nov. of Athrips rancidella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) .

Figures

FIGS 39–46. Type specimens of Gelechidae described from Israel and Palestine and some regional endemics. Adults. 39. Schützeia languidella Ams., syntype, ♂, Tel-Aviv, Düne, 25.v.1932. 40. Oxypteryx jordanella Rbl., ♂, Jericho, 22.ii.1931. 41. Epidola semitica, “Type”, ♂, Ain Kerem, 20.vi.1930. 42. Chrysophora halymella Ams., “Type”, Georgskloster, 21.iv.1930. 43. Aristotelia brizelloides Ams., syntype, ♂, Jericho, 31.v.1930. 44. Paltodora striatella magna Ams., lectotype, Kirjat Anawim, 28.iii.1930. 45. Rhinosia flavella aflavella Ams., paralectotype, ♂, Tabgha, Tiberias, Märtz, 1930. 46. Gelechia haifella Ams., holotype, ♀, Karmel, 7.v.1930.