Gronops (Asperogronops) sulcatus Boheman

Gronops sulcatus Boheman, 1842

Records. DNI ODE POL KHE [Gontarenko & Nazarenko 2000: 48; Sumarokov 2009: 177].

Distribution. SE Europe, West Siberia (Meregalli 2013)

Material examined. Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, old pine, L. Zelinskaja leg., 22.v.1986 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Aleshki, L. Zimin leg., 9.vii.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) Tsjurupinsk, M.I. Nikolskaya leg., vii.1927; 1 spec. (SIZK) Kherson reg., Dzharylgach Island, S. V. Volovnik leg., 1.ix.1983; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Odessa, Znojko leg., 30.iii.1921; 8 spec. (GC), near Krasnoselka, pitfall traps, A. V. Gontarenko leg., 11– 21.iv, 26.ix.–24.x.1998; 10.iv.–4.v.1999; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, F. Lukyanovich leg., 06.viii.1927 .

Biology. Sands. Adults occur in III–X. On Chenopodium album (Amaranthaceae) (Ioannisiani 1972).

Notes. In Belarus it was probably confused with G. inaequalis therefore data on host plants might be erroneous.