Chilo pulverosellus Ragonot, 1895

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31. Chilo pulverosellus Ragonot, 1895

Records: Zerny (1914, as Ch. brevipalpellus ); Amsel (1933); Bleszynski (1970).

General distribution: Mediterranean. Southern Europe, Ukraine, Transcaucasia, Turkey and Syria.

Distribution in Israel: Jordan Valley.

Period of flight in Israel: No information.

Host plants: Polyphagous, pest of maize.

32. Chilo suppressalis (Walker, 1863) Records : Amsel (1933).

General distribution: Asiatropical. Southeast Asia, India, China, Japan, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia. Introduced to Spain, Hawaii and Australia.

Distribution in Israel: Mentioned only by Amsel (1933) from the Coastal Plain.

Period of flight in Israel: No information.

Host plants: Polyphagous. Pest of rice, maize, sugar cane.

Remarks: The record of this species in Israel by Amsel (1933) was reportedly based on misidentification of Ch. agamemnon as Ch. suppressalis ( Rivnay 1967; Bleszynski 1970). Chilo suppressalis is a major pest in South and Southeast Asia, which reaches only as far as Iran and Iraq in the Middle East ( CABI 2020). The species would not have been left unnoticed in Israel were it present in the country.

33. Chrysocrambus craterellus (Scopoli, 1763) Records : Amsel (1933).

General distribution: Eurasiatic. Morocco, Central and South Europe, Cyprus, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Transcaucasia, Turkmenistan, Far East of Russia. Distribution in Israel: All over Mediterranean part.

Period of flight in Israel: June–July.

Host plants: Various Poaceae species.