Wheeleria obsoleta (Zeller, 1841)

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 : 174

42. Wheeleria obsoleta (Zeller, 1841)

Material examined: 1♀ Kfar Shmuel , 12.iv.1968, D. Gerling ; 1♀ Mt Hermon , 1800 m, 12.viii.1973, D. Furth .

Distribution: Southern Europe, European Russia, the Caucasus, Turkey, Israel, Jordan, Iran, Turkmenistan ( Amsel 1935 a; Arenberger 1995).

Host plants: Several species of the Lamiaceae ( Gielis 2003) . In Israel, Wh. obsoleta was recorded on Pseudodictamnus undulatus (Benth.) Salmaki & Siadati ( Lamiaceae ) ( Halperin & Sauter 1992).