Larinus (Larinomesius) ruber Motschulsky

Larinus ruber Motschulsky, 1845

Records. CRI DON IFR KHR KRO LWI [Motschulsky, 1845: 101; Kuntze 1929: 52–53; Arnoldi & Arnoldi1938: 354; Ter-Minasian 1967: 86; Gültekin & Podlussány 2012: 79; Mazur 2002: 231].

Distribution. SE Europe, West and East Siberia (Gültekin & Fremuth 2013)

Material examined. Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Merefa, Yana Lake, 3.vii.1908 [or 3.vi.1918].; 1 spec. (KUMN) Kharkiv Distr., Yezerska, D. Shapiro leg., 13.v.1947 , near railway; 1 spec. (KUMN) Vovchansk Distr., environs of Okhrimivka, A. Slutsky leg., 25.iv.2014 .

Biology. Grasslands. Adults occur in IV–VII. On Centaurea sumensis (Isaev 1994; Dedyukhin 2009).

Note. Described from Yelisavetgrad [= Kropyvnytskyi]