Mogulones t-album (Gyllenhal)

Ceutorhynchus t-album Gyllenhal, 1837

Records. CRI DON KHE [Gyllenhal in Schoenherr 1837: 512; Schoenherr 1845: 149; Kryzhanovskaya 1975: 34; Kryzhanovskaya 1979: 171; Korotyaev 1980: 217; Colonnelli 2004a: 62; Colonnelli 2004b; Colonnelli 2013: 197].

Distribution. Ukraine, Southern Russia, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Iran (Colonnelli 2004a; Colonnelli 2013).

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Taushan-Bazar, G. Kachowski leg. ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, Dubki, G. Kachowski leg. ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Alma River, Rybakov leg. ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Alma, 3.vii.1899 ; 8 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, Salgir valley, A. Bazhenov leg., 20.v.1899 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, A. Bazhenov leg., 16.iv.1899 ; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 20.v.1899; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 21.v.1899; 4 spec. (ZIN) idem, 25.v.1899; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 30.v.1899; 1 spec. (ZIN) Alma, A. Bazhenov leg., 10.v.1899 ; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 18.vii.1899; 2 spec. (ZIN) Otuzy, Kirichenko leg., 10.vi.1902 ; 2 spec. (ZIN) Eupatoria, V. E. Yakovlev leg., 25.v.1906; 4 spec. (ZIN) Agarmish, Kirichenko leg., 26.iv.1906 ; 2 spec. (ZIN) SabliKiritschenko leg., 1.v.1907; 1 spec. (ZIN) FridentalKiritschenko leg., 9.v.1907; 1 spec. (ZIN) Chumakarka, 1.v.1907 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Krym, monast. Kosmodamianovskij, Th.Lukjanovich, 15.vi.1927 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Bilohirsk; 1 spec. (ZIN) Ai-Petrinskaya Yaila Mt. Range, 1 km N of Spiradyh Mt., 1000 m, karst, night flopping, Yunakov, 26.v.2001 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Yaltinskaya Yaila Range, Kutshuk- Uzenbash-Bogaz Pass, 1 km SE of Olmeskhyr Mt., 1300 m, mountain steppe, under stones, N. Yunakov leg., 29.v.2001 .

Biology. Forest edge, meadows, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in V–VII. On Boraginaceae: Anchusa officinalis, Symphytum tauricum (Kryzhanovskaya 1977); Lycopsis arvensis (Isayev 2007) .

Note. Records from western provinces are based on misidentification and refer to M. aubei .