Meligethes (Meligethes) violaceus Reitter, 1873

Examined material. China, ZHEJIANg, SUICHANg COUNTY, HUANgSHAYAO TOWN, JIULONgSHAN NATURE RESERvE, 24.v.2017, X. CHEN LgT, ON Rosa multiflora THUNb. vAR. cathayensis REHDER & E. H. WILSON, 24 ♂, 33 ♀ (NWAU, CAR-MZUR, NMPC, ARCC) ; ZHEJIANg, KAIHUA COUNTY, GUTIANSHAN NATURAL RESERvE, 19.v.2017, X. CHEN LgT, ON Rosa cymosa TRATTINNICK, 10 ♂, 11 ♀ (NWAU, CAR-MZUR, NMPC, ARCC) .

Distribution. CHINA (ANHUI, SHAANXI, HUbEI, ZHEJIANg, FUJIAN, GUIZHOU, JIANgXI, YUNNAN, SICHUAN), JApAN, SE RUSSIA (USSURI) (AUDISIO et al. 2015).

Host-plants. THE HOST-pLANTS Of THIS COmmON AND WIDESpREAD SpECIES WERE REpORTED fROm JApAN (HAYASHI 1978) AND EASTERN SIbERIA (KIREJTSHUK 1992), RESpECTIvELY, I.E., Rosa multiflora THUNbERg AND Rosa rugosa THUNbERg IN MURRAY ( ROSACEAE). MOST Of THE AbOvE SpECImENS COLLECTED fROm CHINA WERE ON fLOWERINg SHRUbS Of R. multiflora vAR. cathayensis (FIg. 3A) AND R. cymosa (FIg. 3D), IN OpEN SpACES AT THE EDgE Of SEmI-fORESTED HAbITATS AND ALONg ROADSIDES. BOTH RECORDS LIKELY REpRESENT TRUE HOST-pLANTS fOR LARvAE Of M. violaceus .