Meligethes (Meligethes) semenovi Kirejtshuk, 1979

Examined material. China, SICHUAN, KANgDINg COUNTY, 2770 m A.S.L., 30.006389° 101.958611°, 21.vI.2017, LIU & AUDISIO LgT, ON Rosa moyesii Hemsley & Wilson (or closely related species; Fig. 3e), 2 ♂, 4 ♀ (NWAU, CAR- MZUR); CA. 2700 m A.S.L., 8.v.2017, X. CHEN LgT, ON Rosa Sp., 10 SpECImENS (NWAU, CAR-MZUR, NMPC, ARCC); HUbEI, SHENNONgJIA NATIONAL FOREST PARK, SHENNONg pEAK SCENIC AREA, 2400–2600 m A.S.L., 31.454444° 110.285278°, 16.vI.2017, M. LIU, M. HUANg & P. AUDISIO LgT, SpARSELY fORESTED AND bUSHY AREA, ON fLOWERINg SHRUbS Of Rosa sericea, 4 ♂, 2 ♀ (NWAU, CAR-MZUR, NMPC, ARCC).

Distribution. CENTRAL, SW AND NW CHINA (SICHUAN, HUbEI, SHAANXI), SE RUSSIA (USSURI) (AUDISIO et al. 2015; NEW DATA AbOvE).

Host-plants. MOST Of THE AbOvE SpECImENS fROm SICHUAN (KANgDINg) WERE COLLECTED ON A RED fLOWERINg Rosa ( ROSACEAE), WHICH IS LIKELY R. moyesii (FIg. 3E), OR A CLOSELY RELATED SpECIES. A fEW OTHER SpECImENS, mOST Of THEm bEINg mALES, WERE COLLECTED IN HUbEI (SHENNONgJIA NATIONAL FOREST) ON R. sericea (FIg. 3b). NO HOST SpECIfICITY CAN bE ESTAbLISHED THUS fAR fOR THIS SpECIES, bASED ON A LACK Of LARvAL DATA AND DEfINITIvE IDENTIfICATIONS Of THE Rosa SpECIES fOR THE ADULT SpECImENS fROm KANgDINg.