Teleiopsis sarcochroma (Walsingham, 1900)

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 : 59

Teleiopsis sarcochroma (Walsingham, 1900)

Fig. 52

Gelechia sarcochroma Walsingham, 1900 —Bull. Liverpool Mus. 3 (1): 3.

Gelechia hessi Amsel, 1935 —Mitt. zool. Mus. Berl. 20 (2): 301.

Gelechia nigrorosea Walsingham, 1904 —Ent. mon. Mag. 40: 266.

Records. Amsel 1933: 125 ( hessi ); Amsel 1925a: 301 ( hessi ); Amsel 1935c: 263 ( hessi ); Bodenheimer 1937: 100 ( hessi ); Sattler 1982: 23.

Material examined. Lectotype of Gelechia hessi ♂, Georgskloster, Wadi el Kelt , 15.iv.1930 (Amsel) | Palästina Expedition , 18.ii-4.iv.1930 (Amsel) | Lectotype. Gelechia hessi Amsel , ♂, teste K. Sattler, 1981; paralectotype, same data (all SMNK); 1 ♂, Hulioth, 20.vi.1969 (Shoham); 1 ♀, Negev, M. Haqatan, 25.ii.1981 (Furth) / on Rhus tripartita / Pupa 28.iii, em. 21.iv; 1 ♀, same data but Ma’ale Tanar, 13.iii.1981 / P. 30.iii, em. 22.iv; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, same data but Mamshit, 13.iii.1981 / P. 20, 23.iii., em. 19, 20.iv. (all TAU) .

Host plant. In Israel the larvae were recorded feeding on Searsia tripartita (Ucria) Moffett ( Sattler 1982: 23–24). One of the specimens listed above was bred from a pupa found on this plant.

Distribution. Algeria, Tunisia, Lybia, Israel, Yemen ( Amsel 1961: 59; Sattler 1968: 116).

Figures

FIGS 47–52. Type specimens of Gelechidae described from Israel and Palestine and some regional endemics. Adults. 47. Scrobipalpa voltinelloides Pov., holotype, ♂, Jericho, 31.v.1930. 48. Gnorimoschema pseudobsoletellum Pov. & Gregor, holotype, ♀, Südende d. Toten Meers, 15-27.iii.1933. 49. Lita rhamnifoliae Ams. & Hering, lectotype, ♂, Jerusalem, 6.iv.1930. 50. Istrianis kravchenkoi Bidz. & Karsh., holotype, ♂, Jericho, May, 2004. 51. Pseudoteleia squamodorella Ams., ♂, Kasr ek Jehud, 9.iv.1930. 52. Gelechia hessi Ams., lectotype, ♂, Georgskloster, 15.iv.1930.