Vestnik zoologii, 36(5): 77—80, 2002 © Z. S. Gershenson, T. Pavl³ček, V. I. Chikatunov, E. Nevo, 2002 UDC 595.782(569.4) NEW RECORDS OF YPONOMEUTOID MOTHS (LEPIDOPTERA, YPONOMEUTIDAE, PLUTELLIDAE) FROM ISRAEL Z. S. Gershenson 1, T. Pavlíček 2, V. I. Chikatunov 3, E. Nevo 2 1 Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, vul. B. Khmelnits’kogo, 15, Kyiv-30, MSP, 01601 Ukraine 2 Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Mt. Carmel, Haifa, 31905 Israel E-mail:
[email protected] 3 Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, 69978 Israel Accepted 23 October 2001 New Records of Yponomeutoid Moths (Lepidoptera, Yponomeutidae, Plutellidae) from Israel. Gershen- son Z. S., Pavlíček T., Chikatunov V. I., Nevo E. – Ten species of moths belonging to families Plutel- lidae and Yponomeutidae are newly recorded from Israel: Yponomeuta albonigratus Gershenson, Y. cagnagellus (Hübner), Y. meridionalis Gershenson, Kessleria saxifragae (Stainton), Ypsolopha asper- ella (Linnaeus), Y. dentella (Fabricius), Y. instabilella Mann, Y. mucronella (Scopoli), Y. persicella (Fabricius), and Plutella porrectella (Linnaeus). The majority of these species were collected at the “Evolution Canyon”, Lower Nahal Oren, Mt. Carmel, Israel. K e y w o r d s: Microlepidoptera, Yponomeutidae, Plutellidae, Israel, new records. Íîâûå íàõîäêè èïîíîìåóòîèäíûõ ìîëåé (Lepidoptera, Yponomeutidae, Plutellidae) èç Èçðàèëÿ. Ãåð- øåíçîí Ç. Ñ., Ïàâëè÷åê Ò., ×èêàòóíîâ Â. È., Íåâî Å. – Âïåðâûå äëÿ ôàóíû Èçðàèëÿ óêàçàíû 10 âèäîâ ìîëåé èç ñåìåéñòâ Plutellidae è Yponomeutidae: Yponomeuta albonigratus Gershenson, Y. cagnagellus (Hübner), Y. meridionalis Gershenson, Kessleria saxifragae (Stainton), Ypsolopha asper- ella (Linnaeus), Y. dentella (Fabricius), Y. instabilella Mann, Y. mucronella (Scopoli), Y. persicella (Fabricius), and Plutella porrectella (Linnaeus).