Icaris sparganii sparganii (Gyllenhal)

Erirrhinus sparganii Gyllenhal, 1835

Records. DON KHR LUG ODE [Arnoldi 1956: 311; Nazarenko et al. 1998a: 112; 1998b: 119; 1999: 532].

Distribution. Palaearctic (excluding North Africa); S Palaearctic ( ssp. sparganii (Gyllenhal)) (Caldara 2011)

Material examined. Donetsk Prov.: 2 spec. (KUMN) Yalta, Belosarajskaja Spit, Martynov leg., 17.vi.1999;

Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 16 km SEE Zmiiv, Urochyshche Gorelaja Dolina, salt marsh, A. Shatrovskyj, V.N. Gramma leg., 27.v.2007 ; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Danubian Biosphere Reserve, near Vylkove, V. M. Ermolenko leg., 4.vii.1996

Biology. Alkaline salt marshes. Adults occur in V–VII. On Eleocharis spp. ( Cyperaceae) (Benedikt et al. 2010), Juncus spp. ( Juncaceae), Sparganium spp. ( Typhaceae) (Dieckmann 1986)