Scrobipalpa phagnalella (CONSTANT, 1895) F i r s t r e c o r d. HUEMER & KARSHOLT (2010: 93) from Nom. Rethymon, Agia Galini. E x a m i n e d m a t e r i a l. 13, 8 km W Heraklion, 5.xi.1991, leg. Fibiger (ZMUC); 633, 10 km W Ag. Varvara, 500 m, 7.ix.1991, leg. Fibiger (ZMUC); 13, 20 km W Sitia, 10 m, 9- 10.xi.1991, leg. Fibiger (ZMUC); 233, 30 km E Heraklion, Lomin Hersonison, 200 m, 11.xi.1991, leg. Fibiger (ZMUC); 13, Paleochroa, 20 m, 1.iv.1999, Fibiger & Jeppesen et al. (ZMUC); 13, Agia Galini, Nom. Rethymon, ca. 150 m, 21.iii.1995, leg. Ruckdeschel, genitalia slide GEL 10723 Huemer (TLMF) (HUEMER & KARSHOLT 2010); 13, Koutsounari, 28.iv.2003, leg. Ruckdeschel (TLMF); 13, ditto, but 4.xi.2004 (TLMF); 13, Koutsounari, Ferma, 70 m, 7.xi.2004, leg. Ruckdeschel (TLMF); 233, Koutsouras, Achlia, 30 m, 7.xi.2004, leg. Ruckdeschel (TLMF); 13, ditto, but 9.iv.2008 (TLMF); 13, Koutsounari, Agios Joannis, 390 m, 1.v.2005, leg. Ruckdeschel (TLMF); 13, ditto, but 14.iv.2008 (TLMF); 13, Agia Galini, ca. 100 m, 15.xi.2004, leg. Ruckdeschel (TLMF); 13, Paleochroa ca. 150 m, 27.iii.1999, leg. Ruckdeschel (TLMF); 1♀, 1.7 km S Topolia, 380 m, 15-19.vi.2014, leg. Karsholt, Hviid & Vilhelmsen (ZMUC). R e m a r k s. S. phagnalella is a rather common species in Crete, with adults flying from September to early May (one worn specimen was caught in mid-June), probably in one hibernating generation.

Published as part of Karsholt, Ole & Huemer, Peter, 2017, Review of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) from Crete, pp. 159-190 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (1) on page 181, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5356591