Mecinus janthiniformis Toševski & Caldara *

Mecinus janthiniformis Toševski & Caldara, 2011

Records. ODE*

Distribution. Southand SE Europe; introduced to North America (Caldara 2013a).

Material examined. Odesa Prov.: 21 spec. (SIZK) Kyliia Distr., N env. of Vylkove, roadside, larvae in flat stem galls on Linaria sp., 45.4187491, 29.5783174, V. Yu. Nazarenko leg., 24.ix.2012 (emerged iv–vii.2013)

Biology. Meadows, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in IV–IX (Toševski et al., 2011 and original data). On Linaria genistifolia, L. dalmatica and related species (Toševski et al., 2011). In Odesa Prov. on Linaria syspirensis (Toševski, pers. comm.)