Dichomeris bodenheimeri (Rebel, 1926)

Rhinosia bodenheimeri Rebel, 1926 —Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 74/75 (s.b.): (203).

Records. Amsel 1933: 126; Amsel 1935b: 210; Amsel 1935c: 264; Bodenheimer 1937: 101.

Material examined. 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 1 ex, Südende d. Toten Meers, 15-27.iii.1933 (Amsel) ; 2 ♂, Jordanbrucke, Jericho, 10.iv.1930 (all SMNK) ; 1 ♂, Sinai, Wadi Hibran, 11.iv.1973 (Freidberg) (TAU) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Negev, Nahal ( Wadi) Zin, black light, 8.x.1999 (Pavlíček) (NMPC) .

Host plant. In Israel the larvae were recorded feeding on Prosopis farcta (Banks & Sol.) J. F. Macbr., (Rebel 1926: 204) and Ononis sp. (Bodenheimer 1937: 101), both Fabaceae .

Distribution. Israel, Jordan, Saudia Arabia, Yemen, Kenya (Amsel 1956: 61; Amsel 1961: 59; Agassiz & Bidzilya 2016: 127).

Remarks. Rhinosia bodenheimeri was described from a male and a female bred (in May) from larvae found in December 1926, feeding from cases on Prosopis stephaniana (M. Bieb.) Kunth. ex Spreng. The type locality is given as “ Palästina ” without exact location.