Sibinia (Sibinia) vittata Germar

Sibinia vittata Germar, 1824

Records. CRI KHE KYI [Cherkunov 1889: 192; Pliginsky 1916: 351; Caldara 1985: 91; Dieckmann 1988: 422; Caldara 2004a; Parkhomenko et al. 2009: 122; Caldara 2013a: 161].

Distribution. Europe, Asia Minor, Kazakhstan, West Siberia, North China (Caldara 2013a).

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (SIZK) Kerch peninsula, Novo-Otradnoe, M. Goncharenko leg., 29.vi.1956 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Belbek railway station, N. Kuznetsov leg., 30.vi.1897 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Alma, A. Bazhenov leg., 29.vi.1899 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Alma River mouth, A. Bazhenov leg., 12.vii.1899 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kerch, Kirichenko leg., 12.v.1902 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Shakh-Mama, Kirichenko leg., 14.v.1906 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Agarmish, Kirichenko leg., 26.v.1906 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Karadag, Krivokhatsky leg., 26–27.v.1990; 2 m (ZMUN) Karadag Nature Reserve W slope of Karagaç Mt. Range N44° 54' 47.7'' E35° 12' 26.0'', Yunakov leg., 31.v.2010 ; 1 f (ZMUN) Karadag Nature Reserve Karadagsky stream N44° 55' 29.8'' E35° 12' 32.4'', Yunakov leg., 31.v.2010 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Aleshki 10.vi.1901; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, S. Fedorov leg., 17.vii.1924; 8 spec. (ZIN) idem, L. Zimin leg., 1926; 4 spec. (ZIN) idem, P. Egorov leg., 22.v.1927; 1 spec. (SIZK) Dnieper mouth, sands near Hola Pystan, A. Bogachev leg., 31.v.1956 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, Ivano-Rybalchanskyi Division, Krivokhatsky leg., 21.v.1990 .

Biology. Grasslands. Adults occur in V–VII. On Caryophyllaceae: Dianthus caryophyllus (Hoffmann 1954); D. superbus (Hoffmann 1954; Smreczyński 1972); D. carthusianorum (Smreczyński 1972; Dieckmann 1988); D. andrzejowskianus, D. rigidus (Isayev 2007); Silene sp. (Angelov 1980).