1. Lebendfotos

1.1. Falter

2. Biologie

2.1. Nahrung der Raupe

• [Anacardiaceae:] Pistacia vera (Echte Pistazie) [Zucht der Typen]

3. Weitere Informationen

3.1. Typenmaterial

Sattler (1982: 20): “Holotype ♂, Iran: Kerman Province, Rafsanjan, larva on Pistacia vera L., moth emerged 17.v.1974 (Samet) (BMNH, London). Paratypes 5 ♂, 9 ♀, data as holotype, moths emerged 17–25.v.1974 (BMNH, London); 1 ♀, MNHU Berlin); 6 ♀, data as holotype, 4–8.v.1972 (PPDRI, Tehran); 5 ♀, Rafsanjan (‘Rufsanjan’), larva on Pistacia, moths emerged v. 1970 (collector unknown) (NM, Vienna).”

3.2. Literatur

• Samet, K. (1982): The life history and pest status of the pistachio bud moth, Telphusa pistaciae Sattler, on Pistacia vera in Iran (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). — Entomologist’s Gazette 33 (1): 33–34, pl. 1
• Erstbeschreibung: Sattler, K. (1982): A review of the western palaearctic Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) associated with Pistacia, Rhus and Cotinus (Anacardiaceae). — Entomologist's Gazette 33 (1): 13-32.