1. Lebendfotos

1.1. Falter

2. Biologie

2.1. Nahrung der Raupe

• [Tamaricaceae:] Tamarix sp. (Tamariske)

Bengtsson (1997) lässt wissen: "Wiltshire (1957: 134) is here quoted. Larva found in autumn [in Iraq] on Tamarix, quickly moving [...] S. bagdadiella is supposed to inhabit river valleys where the foodplant occurs."

3. Weitere Informationen

3.1. Faunistik

Nupponen (2007) meldet den Fund eines Falters im Süd-Ural am Licht: "Russia, southern Urals, 50º 40-45’ N 54º 26-28’ E, 210 m a.s.l., Orenburg oblast, Pokrovka village 20 km S, Schibendy valley, 22-VIII-2006, 1 ♂, K. Nupponen leg. Genitalia slide: K. Nupponen prep. no. 1/24-IX-2006. (Figs. 10-12).

Distribution: Algeria, Iraq, Russia (S Ural), Turkey. Remarks: [...] The habitat is a chalk steppe. New to Europe and Russia."

Nupponen (2007) ergänzt die Liste durch einen Nachweis in Usbekistan.

3.2. Typenmaterial

Amsel (1949: 321): “Bagdad, 16.iv., two males and one female.”

3.3. Literatur

• Erstbeschreibung: Amsel, H. G. (1949): On the Microlepidoptera collected by E. P. Wiltshire in Irak and Iran in the years 1935 to 1938. — Bulletin de la Société Fouad Ier d'entomologie 33: 271-351. Le Caire.
• Bengtsson, B. Å. (1997): Scythrididae. - Microlepidoptera of Europe. Volume 2; – 301 S.; Stenstrup (Apollo Books).
• Nupponen, K. (2007): Notes on the Scythrididae fauna of the Volgo-Ural region and southern Buryatia, with one new synonym and descriptions of six new species (Lepidoptera: Scythrididae). — SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología 35 (138): 231-249. [Zugang zur Arbeit auf redalyc.org].
• Nupponen, K. (2010): Notes on Scythrididae from the Turanian region, with descriptions of six new species (Lepidoptera: Scythrididae). — SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología 38 (151): 267-285 [Zugang zur Arbeit auf redalyc.org].