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*Elasmotropis testacea (Herrich-Schaeffer) 



Tingis testacea Herrich-Schaeffer 1830, heft 118, tab. 23 [Germany]; 



1835, p. 58. 

 Monanthia testacea: Herrich-Schaeffer 1838, pp. 52, 60, pi. 125, figs. 

 h,i. [Czechoslovakia]. — Puton 1879c, p. Ill [France, Algeria]. — 

 Hueber 1893, p. 333. 

 Monanthia (Phyllontocheila) echinopsis Fieber 1844, p. 62, pi. 5, figs. 19-22 



[Echinops sphaerocephala] . 

 Monanthia (Phyllontocheila) testacea: Herrich-Schaeffer 1850, p. 155. 

 Monanthia echinopsis: Mayr 1858, p. 570 [Austria]. 

 Monanthia echinopsidis [sic]: Fieber 1861, p. 122. — Horvath 1874b, p. 

 432 [Hungary].— Jakovlev 1876b, p. 67 [Russia]; 1880b, p. 104 

 [Caucasus]. 

 Elasmotropis echinopsidis: Stal 1874, p. 54. 

 Phyllontochila testacea: Reuter 1891a, p. 26 [Greece]. — Lethierry and 



Severin 1896, p. 17 [Armenia]. 

 Elasmotropis testacea: Horvath 1906a, p. 58. — Stichel 1926, p. 110; 

 1960a, p. 304, fig. 108a [Yugoslavia].— Vidal 1937, p. 197 [Mo- 

 rocco].— Guide 1938, p. 282, fig.— Lindberg 1948, p. 58 [Cyprus; 

 Pistacia; Ceratonia siliqua]. — Hoberlandt 1951, p. 22 [Poland; Bul- 

 garia; Syria; Egypt; Tunisia; Israel]. — Priesner and Alfieri 1953, 

 p. 64 [Echinops].— Stusak 1961a, p. 82, figs. 5f, 8; pi. 1, fig. B. 

 Type: Sex unknown; Regensburg, Germany; Munich Mus. 

 Distribution: France; Germany; Czechoslovakia; Austria; Poland; 

 Hungary; Bulgaria; Yugoslavia; Greece; Cyprus; Syria; Israel; 

 U.S.S.R. (Armenia; Caucasus); Egypt; Algeria; Morocco; Tunisia. 

 Host Plants: Ceratonia siliqua; Echinops sphaerocephala; Echinops sp.; 

 Pistacia sp. 



Note: Eggs (Stusak). 

 *Elasmotropis testacea var. egena (Puton) 



Monanthia testacea var. egena Puton 1879c, p. Ill [Algeria]. 

 Elasmotropis testacea var. egena: Horvath 1906a, p. 58 [Tunisia]. — 

 Lindberg 1932a, p. 41 [Morocco] .—Vidal 1937, p. 197— Blote 1945, 

 p. 86. — Priesner and Alfieri 1953, p. 64. 

 Type: Sex unknown; Oran, Algeria; Paris Mus. 

 Distribution: Algeria; Tunisia; Morocco; Egypt. 

 Host Plant: Unrecorded. 



*Elasmotropis testacea var. platydera Horvath 



Elasmotropis testacea var. platydera Horvath 1906a, p. 58 [Hungary; Bul- 

 garia].— Stichel 1926, p. 110; 1960a, p. 305 [Echinops]. 

 Type: Unknown. 

 Distribution: Hungary; Bulgaria. 

 Host Plant: Echinops sp. 



