Orthochaetes setiger (Beck)

Rhynchaenus setiger Beck, 1817

Records. ČER IFR LWI ZAK [Łomnicki 1884: 31; Roubal 1941: 180; Mazur 2002: 227 ( Comasinus)].

Distribution. Europe (Caldara 2013a), introduced to New Zealand (Brown & Barratt 2015)

Material examined. Literature data only.

Biology. Xerotermic slopes, mountain meadows. Adults occur in I, III–XII. Parthenogenetic in northern parts of Europa. On Plantaginaceae, Primulaceae, Ranunculaceae, Rosaceae; larva leaf miner of Asteraceae: Taraxacum officinale, Hieraciummurorum, H. pilosella, Mycelis muralis, Lamiaceae: Ajuga reptans, Boraginaceae: Myosotis spp. (Smreczyński 1972; Dieckmann 1986; Brown & Barratt 2015)