Metzneria ehikeella Gozmány, 1954

Metzneria ehikeella Gozmány, 1954 —Ann. hist.-nat. Mus. Natn. Hung. 46: 276.

Material examined. 2 ♂, Bet Dagan, 17.viii.2009, 5.ix.2010 (Kuslitzky) | seedhead Centaurea procurrens (gen. slide 153/18, O. Bidzilya); 1 ♂, Mizpe Netofa, 15.vii.2010 (Kuslitzky) | seedhead Carlina curetum; 1 ♂, 2 ♀, Re- hovod,, 10.vi., 7.vii.2009 (Kuslitzky) | reared from Centaurea procurrens; 1 ♀, Rehovot,, 20.viii.2010 (Kuslitzky) / flower of Centaurea procurrens; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, same data but 2.viii.2010 (Argov) / seadhead Centaurea procurrens (TAU) ; 1♀, Giv’at Brenner, 12.vii.2009 (Kuslitzky) | from flower of Centaurea procurrens; 3 ♀, Nes Ziyyona, 5.viii.2010 (Kuslitzky) | flower of Centaurea procurrens; 1 ♀, Mashmar Dawid, 21.vii.2010 (Kuslitzky) | seadhead Centaurea hyalolepis (TAU, ZMKU) .

Host plant. In Israel larvae feed on Centaurea procurrens Spreng, Carlina curetum Halácsy and Centaurea hyalolepis Boiss. (new host plant records).

Distribution. Europe to Ural Mountains, Algeria, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Caucasus, Central Asia to China (Xinjiang) (Englert 1974; Elsner et al. 1999; Li 2002: 107; Junnilainen et al. 2010: 21), Israel (new record).