Mogulones asperifoliarum (Gyllenhal)

Rhynchaenus asperifoliarum Gyllenhal, 1813

Records. CRI ČER ČRK* DON* IFR KHE KHM KHR* KRO* KYI LUG* LWI ODE POL* RIV TER VIN VOL ZAK ZAP [Nowicki 1864: 37; Łomnicki 1884: 33; Łomnicki 1886: 225; Hormuzaki 1888: 154; Cherkunov 1889: 193; Rybiński 1903b: 148; Łomnicki 1905: 77; Penecke 1928: 369; Endrődi 1969: 319; Kryzhanovskaya 1975: 34; Korotyaev 1980: 220; Kubisz et al. 1998: 273; Nazarenko et al. 1998a: 112; Nazarenko et al. 1998b: 119; Nazarenko et al. 1999: 532; Mazur 2002: 233; Colonnelli 2004a: 60; Colonnelli 2004b; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 47; Colonnelli 2013: 195].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Kazakhstan, West Siberia (Colonnelli 2013).

Material examined. Cherkasy Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Zolotonosha, Kizericki leg., 15.iv.1906; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 20.iv.1906; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 1906; Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol Distr., Dzhalman, G. Kachowski leg.; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kurluk-Sou, 10.v.1903; 1 spec. (ZIN) Tschatirdag Kiritschenko leg., 29.iv.1907; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (FRC) 3, 5 km SSE of Kramatorsk, deciduous gully forest, on Nonea sp., R. V. Filimonov leg., 29.iv.2013 ;

Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Zmiiv Distr., Gaidary, Biological Station, Arnoldi leg., 25.vii.1919; Kropyvnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kropyvnytskyi, E. Jacentkowski leg., 29.v.1907; Kyiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, Priluki, Sgurovka, Artobolewski leg.; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, vi.1907; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Luhansk env., V. Talicky leg., 7.v.1927; 1 spec. (ZIN) Luhansk env., A. Likhosherstov leg., 12.v.1929; 3 spec. (ZIN) Provallya, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 15.v.1928; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 16.v.1928; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, D. Ogloblin leg., 3.v.1910; 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 2.viii.1923; 5 spec. (ZIN) idem, 30.iv.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 2.v.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 11.v.1926; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 18.v.1926; 2 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, Th.Lukjanovitsh leg., 2.v.1927; Vinnytsia Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Mogyliv-Podilskyi Distr., Verkhivka, Chekini leg., 8.vi.1901; Zakarpatska Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Rakhiv Distr., Yasynya, Lazeschina River, 800 m, Zaslavsky leg., 15.v.1958 .

Biology. Grasslands and forests. Adults occur in IV–VIII. Oligophagouson Boraginaceae: Asperugo procumbens, Borago officinalis, Cynoglossum creticum, Myosotis ramosissima, M. sylvatica (Hoffmann 1954); M. scorpioides (Hoffmann 1954; Dieckmann 1972b; Smreczyński 1974); Aegonychon purpureocaeruleum, Anchusa azurea, Echium vulgare, M. arvensis, Pulmonaria officinalis (Hoffmann 1954; Smreczyński 1974); Buglossoides arvensis, Cynoglossum officinale, Symphytum officinale (Hoffmann 1954; Smreczyński 1974; Kryzhanovskaya 1977); S. asperum (Kryzhanovskaya 1977); M. popovii, Pontechium maculatum, Pulmonaria obscura (Isayev 2007); Nonea pulla, Pulmonaria mollis (Dedyukhin 2012) .