Dolicharthria aetnaealis (Duponchel, 1833)

Kravchenko, Vasiliy D., Poltavsky, Alexander, Segerer, Andreas, Speidel, Wolfgang & Müller, Günter C., 2020, An annotated checklist of the Crambidae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) of Israel, with remarks on their distribution and phenology, Israel Journal of Entomology (Oxford, England) 50 (1), pp. 85-129 : 117

126. Dolicharthria aetnaealis (Duponchel, 1833)

Records: Amsel (1933); Palmoni (1969); collection of Z. Shoham.

General distribution: Circum­Mediterranean. South Europe, Morocco and Algeria.

Distribution in Israel: All over Mediterranean part.

Period of flight in Israel: May–July.

Host plants: Unknown. Probably withered leaves.

Remarks: Dolicharthria aetnaealis is sometimes considered a senior synonym of D. concoloralis Oberthür, 1876 ( Leraut 2003). The latter seems to be a merely North African species, which is very large and not represented in Europe or the Middle East. A common European species with D. punctalis , which apparently occurs with white and yellow discal spots. It is possible that specimens with yellow spots from South Europe belong to D. aetnaealis .