Lixus (Phillixus) incanescens Boheman

Lixus incanescens Boheman, 1835

Lixus salsolae Becker, 1867

Lixus salsolae Faust, 1884 [HN]

Records. CRI ČRK DNI DON KHE KHR* KRO KYI LUG MYK ODE SUM ZAP [Sumarokov 2009: 178; Volovnik 2007: 526].

Distribution. Palaearctic (excluding north) (Gültekin & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. 50 specimens (SIZK, KUMN, ZMUM, IMC) from 11 provinces were studied. Donetsk Prov.: 2 spec. (SIZK) Slovyansk Distr., Bogorodychne, chalky slope, on Atriplex nitens, S.V. Volovnik leg., 27.vi.1983 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Chuhuiv, A. Drogvalenko leg., 18.vii.1993; Kropyvnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) the ravine near Novgorodka, S. V. Volovnik leg., 14.vii.1983; Kyiv Prov.: arboretum “ Oleksandria ” near Bila Tserkwa, Tereznikova leg.; Mykolaiv Prov. : 2 spec. (SIZK) Volodimirivka Distr., Volodimirivske Forestry, 19.vii.1954; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Chervony Okny, 14.vii.1980; 2 spec. (IMC) Odessa, Otrada Beach, slope near sea, I. V. Maltsev leg., 9.vii.1963 ; 1 spec. (IMC) Bilyayivka Distr., Yasky, V. Karelin leg., 25.iv.1965 ; Sumy Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Okhtyrka Distr., 29.vi.1952 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) Konotop, V. Bondar, 23.vii.1928; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Molochnyi Lyman, Podkova Island, Volovnik leg., 22.vi.1980 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) idem, 21.vi.1980; 1 spec. (SIZK) Yakymivka Distr., Shelyugi, slope near lowland, S. V. Volovnik leg., 24.vi.1980 ; 1 spec. (SIZK) near Kamyanka-Dniprovska, 25.vi.1968; 4 spec. (SIZK) Primorsk Distr., Obitochna Spit, in the stems of Salsola tragus, S.V. Volovnik leg., 26.viii.1982 ; 5 spec. (SIZK) Melitopol Distr., Myrne, in the stems of Chenopodium urbicum, S.V. Volovnik leg., 5.ix.1982 .

Biology. Secondary grasslands, salty, coastal and ruderal habitats. Adults occur in IV–IX. Oligophagous on Chenopodioideae (Amaranthaceae) (Krivosheina 1975; Nikulina 1989; Volovnik 2007).