Larinus (Phyllonomeus) adspersus Hochhuth

Larinus adspersus Hochhuth, 1847

Records. CRI* DON KHE* KHR* KRO* LUG MYK* ZAP* [Medvedev 1950c: 91; Volovnik 1995: 318]. Distribution. West Palaearctic (excluding north) (Gültekin & Fremuth 2013)

Material examined. Crimea: 3 spec. (SIZK) Dzhankoy Distr., Tselinne, S. V. Volovnik leg., 14.v.1983 ;

Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Sloviansk Distr., Bogorodychne, S. V. Volovnik leg., 22.vi.1983 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) Kharkiv env., B. Shkaff leg; Kherson Prov.: 2 spec. (SIZK) Chaplinka Distr., Askania-Nova, Botanical Garden, on Carduus thoermeri, S.V. Volovnik, 21.v.1982 ; Kropyvnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZISK) Znamyanka Distr., Chorny Forest, Khirovske Forestry, Goncharenko leg., 26.v.1952; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Stanytsia Luhanska, S. V. Volovnik leg., 29.vi.1983; Mykolaiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZISK) Nova Odesa Distr., Kostyantinivka, windbreak, S. V. Volovnik, 27.v.1982 ; Zaporizhia Prov.: 1 spec. (SIZK) Zaporizhia, Khortitzya Island, S. V. Volovnik leg., 30.vi.1982; 1 spec. (SIZK) Berdyansk Distr., Kodirkin khutor, A.N. Romanov, 18.vi.1934; 1 spec. (SIZK) Rozyvka Distr., Kamyani Mohyly Reserve, S. V. Volovnik leg., 14.vi.1983 ;

Biology. Primary and secondary grasslands, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in V–VI. Oligophagous on Carduus spp. ( Asteraceae).