Teleiopsis sarcochroma (Walsingham, 1900)

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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).