Aristotelia brizelloides Amsel, 1935

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 : 34

Aristotelia brizelloides Amsel, 1935

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Aristotelia brizelloides Amsel, 1935 —Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berl. 20 (2): 302.

Records. Bodenheimer 1930a: 174 ( brizella ); Amsel 1933: 125; Amsel 1935a: 302; Amsel 1935c: 264; Bodenheimer 1937: 101.

Material examined. Syntypes of Aristotelia brizelloides : 1 ♂, Jericho (Pal.), Lichtfang , 31.v.1930 (Amsel) (gen prep. 252/08, O. Bidzilya) ; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, same data (gen. prep. GU 715, GU 716) ; 1 ♀, same data but 16.iv.1930 ; 1 ♂, Georgskloster, Wadi el Kelt , Lichtfang , 21.vi.1930 (all SMNK) ; 3 ♂, 1 ♀, Jericho, Kalia , v.2004 (Kravchenko) (gen. slide 5496 Hendriksen) ( TAU, ZMUC) .

Distribution. Israel.

Remarks. Aristotelia brizelloides was described from an unstated number of specimens collected at Georgskloster 16.iv, 21 and 31.v. A holotype was not selected in the original description. Six specimens from these dates in SMNK are labelled “Jericho”, which is situated 7 km east of Georgskloster ( Amsel 1935c: 228), and these should be considered as syntypes.

The species is closely related to A. brizella , but seems to differ in small details of the male genitalia. The genus Aristotelia is in need of revision, and we prefer to retain A. brizelloides as distinct pending future revisionary work, preferably including molecular data.

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.