Asproparthenis carinata (Zoubkoff)

Cleonis carinata Zoubkoff, 1829

Cleonis ornata Krynicki, 1832

Records. CRI* DNI DON KHE KHR LUG ODE* ZAP* [Krynicki 1832: 166; Chernay 1854: 175].

Distribution. West Palaearctic (excluding North Africa) (Meregalli & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. 30 specimens (ZIN, SIZK, KUMN, IMC, YKC) from 5 provinces were studied. Crimea .: 2 spec. (ZIN) Eupatoria, V. E. Yakovlev leg., 6.iv.1905 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 5.v.1906; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 28.x.1904; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 31.vii.1905; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 5.iv.1906; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kerch, Arnoldi leg., 18.iv.1923; 1 spec. (IMC) Kerch Peninsula, Uzunlarskoye Lake, “Al. R.” leg., 14.vi.1951 ; 1 spec. (IMC) Rozdolnae Distr., Portovoye, I. Maltsev leg., 13.iv.1951; 1 spec. (IMC) Voloshino near Armyansk, under wormwood, I. Maltsev leg., 14.x.1951; 1 spec. (IMC) Nyzhnyohirsk Distr., Kolkhoz Primorye, coast of Sivash, under Salsola plants, I. Maltsev leg., 20.vi.1951 ; 1 spec. (IMC) Rozdolne Distr., Portovoye, salt marsh near Karkinitsky Gulf, I. Maltsev leg., 13.iv.1951; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Belozyorka Distr., Potievka, salt marsh, 24.vi.1976; 2 spec. (SIZK) Belozyorka Distr., Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, Potievka, M.I. Nitochko leg., 22.vi–2.vii.2008; 1 spec. (SIZK) Henychesk Distr., Biryuchy Island, 3.v.1955; 1 spec. (SIZK) Chongar, Sivash shore, on Salicornia, Yu. Karmyshev leg., 14.v.1987 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) environs of Izyum, A. Drogvalenko leg., 16.ix.1999; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Odesa, 11.v; 1 spec. (IMC) idem, v.1908; 4 spec. (IMC) Odesa, Kuyalnytskyi Lyman, Maltsev leg., 1.v.1947; 2 spec. (IMC) idem, 11.v.1947; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) 25.vi.1941; 1 spec. (SIZK) Berdyansk env., 18.vi.1978; 1 spec. (SIZK) Obitochna Spit; 1 spec. (YKC) Yakymivka Distr., Altagir, Yu. V. Karmyshev leg., 30.v.2013 ; 1 spec. (YKC) idem, light trap, Yu. V. Karmyshev leg., 22.v.2011 .

Biology. Xerothermic habitats. Adults occur in IV–X. Oligophagous on Chenopodioideae (Amaranthaceae) Salsola spp ., Atriplex tatarica, Halimione verrusifera (Lukjanovitch 1958), Suaeda arcuata (Nasreddinov 1977) .

Notes. Record from Yekaterinoslav Governorate (Krynicki 1832) is provisionally adopted here to province level: DNI DON LUG.