Agonoscena pistaciae Burckhardt & Lauterer 1989

Agonoscena pistaciae Burckhardt & Lauterer, 1989 Feeds on In Bulgaria, we collected adults on Pistacia terebinthus L., which is a host plant confirmed by Rodrigo-Gómez and Burckhardt (2023). In the Middle East, the preferred host plant of A. pistaciae is Pistacia vera L. (Burckhardt and Lauterer 1989, Rodrigo-Gómez and Burckhardt 2023). Distribution General distribution. Spain, south-eastern Europe, Caucasus, Middle East, Central Asia (Rodrigo-Gómez and Burckhardt 2023). Distribution in Bulgaria (Fig. 28 b). Published records: ROM, RRE (Burckhardt and Lauterer 1989, Pramatarova et al. 2024). Material examined: ROM, RRE. Notes The type locality of A. pistaciae is in Bulgaria: Kresna Gorge (Burckhardt and Lauterer 1989). Diagnosis Adult (Fig. 28 a) and fifth-instar immature. Burckhardt and Lauterer (1989), Rodrigo-Gómez and Burckhardt (2023).