Meligethes (Meligethes) binotatus Grouvelle, 1894

Examined material. China, SICHUAN, XIANgCHENg COUNTY, 2800–2900 m A.S. L., 28.946389° 99.806667°, 19.vI.2017, LIU & AUDISIO LgT, ON Rosa soulieana CRépIN, 14 ♂, 18 ♀, AND SEvERAL THIRD-INSTAR LARvAE (NWAU, CAR-MZUR, NMPC, ARCC) .

Distribution. SW CHINA (YUNNAN, SICHUAN), NE INDIA, NEpAL, N MYANmAR, BHUTAN (AUDISIO et al. 2015).

Host-plants. THE HOST-pLANTS Of THIS COmmON AND WIDESpREAD SpECIES WERE pREvIOUSLY UNKNOWN. ALL THE AbOvE LISTED SpECImENS HAvE bEEN COLLECTED, WITH SEvERAL LARvAE, ON fLOWERINg SHRUbS Of Rosa soulieana CRépIN ( ROSACEAE) (FIg. 3C), IN OpEN SpACES AT THE EDgE Of SEmI-fORESTED HAbITATS AND ALONg ROADSIDES. THIS SpECIES WAS KNOWN fROm LOCALITIES AT INTERmEDIATE AND HIgH ALTITUDES (1100–3600 m; LU et al. 2003). IN THE XIANgCHENg AREA, WHERE THE RELATED M. elytralis IS SYmpATRIC AND EvEN SYNTOpIC (SEE AbOvE), M. binotatus WAS mUCH mORE COmmON AT RELATIvELY LOWER ALTITUDES (2800–3000 m), ON R. soulieana, WHILE M. elytralis WAS pRESENT mOSTLY AT HIgHER ALTITUDES (3400–3900 m), ON R. sericea .