Lachnaeus crinitus Schoenherr

Lachnaeus crinitus Schoenherr, 1826

Records. CRI* ČRK* DNIKHE KHR* LUG MYK* ODE ZAK [Ter-Minasian 1936: 436; Medvedev 1950c: 104, 106; Tveritina 1956: 157; Hloboba 1958: 165; Mazur 2002: 230; Nazarenko et al., 2003: 53; Sumarokov 2009: 178].

Distribution. Palaearctic (excluding north) (Legalov 2010; Gültekin & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. Cherkasy Prov.: 3 spec. (KUMN) Kaniv Nature Reserve, O. Kryshtal leg., 14.vii.1948 ,

on Inula britannica; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, Zarichya Island, N.D. Globova leg., 23.vi.1948; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, N.D. Globova leg., 2.vii.1949; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kaniv, Dnieper River floodland, N.D. Globova leg., 14.vii.1948 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, N.D. Globova leg., 1.viii.1948; Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Gurzuf, K. Arnoldi leg., 1924 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Feodosia; 1 spec. (ZIN) İslâm Terek Distr., Agarmish Mt. near Stary Krym, Kirichenko leg., 23.v.1906 ; 1 spec. (ZMUM) Feodosia, 31.v.1894 ; 1 spec. (ZMUM) Feodosia, 19.v.1898 ; 2 spec. (ZMUM) Feodosia; Kherson Prov. : 1 spec. (KUMN) Hornostaivka Distr., Kairy, floodplain of Dniper River, S.I. Medvedev leg., 2.vii.1963 ; 2 spec. (ZIN) Chaplinka Distr., Askania-Nova, S.I. Medvedev leg., 19.vii.1924 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, S.I. Medvedev leg., 25.v.1925; 1 spec. (SIZK) Velykoolexandrivka Distr., Tokarevo Forestry, Dnypro River reed beds, Goncharenko leg; Kharkiv Prov.: 3 spec. (KUMN) Dergachy Distr., environs of Mala Danylivka, V. Vedmederya leg., 1.viii.1964; Mykolaiv Prov.: 1f (NSPU) Pervomaysk Distr., Kuripchino, floodplain of Pivdennyi Buh River, P.N. Sheshurak., 23.v.2011 .

Biology. Primary steppes. Adults occur in V–VIII. Oligophagous on Inula britannica and Pulicaria dysenterica (Asteraceae) (Ter-Minasian 1936; Angelov 1964; Volovnik 1994a).