Emmelina monodactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)

Ustjuzhanin, Petr Ya., Kovtunovich, Vasiliy N., Kravchenko, Vasiliy D., Saldaitis, Aidas, Müller, Günter C. & Weinstein, Amir, 2020, A review of the plume moth fauna (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) of Israel, Israel Journal of Entomology (Oxford, England) 50 (1), pp. 163-177 : 169

19. Emmelina monodactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material examined: 1♀ Sde Nehemia , 27.iv.196(?), [no collector]; Hulioth , 1♂ 18.v.1967, 2♂ 18.ii.1968, 1 ex., 20.iv, 1968, 1♀ 13. xii.1968, Z . Shoham; 1♀ 5.iii.1968, S . Bleszynski; 1♂ Kiryat Anavim , 3.v.1968 ; 4 ex., Kfar Shmuel , 1♂ 15.v.1968; 1♀ Latrun , 7.iv.1968 , 1♀ 25.iv.1968, A . Freidberg; 2♂ 1♀ Kabri , 20.x.1971 ; 1♀ Yesodot , 1.iv.1971 ; 1 ex., Bet­Zera , 13.iv.1971 ; 1♂ 1♀ Wadi Far'ia , 16–17.iii.1971 , D. Gerling; 1♀ Ein Gedi , 15.iv.1987, A . Freidberg 1♀ Ne'ot HaKikkar , 26.iv.2000, A . Tsairi; 1♀ Nahal Tavor , 23.iv.1988, G . MÜller; 1♀ Rehovot , 2.iii.1994, A . Freidberg.

Distribution: Practically cosmopolitan ( Gielis 2003; pers. obs.).

Host plants: In Israel, Amsel (1935 a) collected this species on Convolvulus arvensis L. ( Convolvulaceae ), which is a known host plant for E. monodactyla among many others of several families ( Gielis 2003).