Mogulones dimidiatus (Frivaldszky)

Ceutorhynchus dimidiatus Frivaldszky, 1865

Records. ČER KHE KHM TER VIN ZAP [Rybiński 1897: 60; Rybiński 1903b: 149; Penecke 1928: 369; Penecke 1932: 353; Penecke 1935: 217; Medvedev 1953a: 77; Kryzhanovskaya 1975: 34; Mazur & Kuśka 1994: 307; Kubisz et al. 1998: 273; Mazur 2002: 233; Colonnelli 2004a: 61; Colonnelli 2004b; Colonnelli 2013: 196].

Distribution. Central and East Europe, Asia Minor, Kazakhstan, West Siberia (Colonnelli 2013).

Material examined. Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Novoselivka, Siversky Donets River, Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., vii.1936 ; 2 spec. (ZIN) Nyrkovo-Vyemka, Arnoldi leg., 20.vi.1937 ; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Konstantinograd, D. Ogloblin leg., 26.v.1924 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Velyky Burluk Distr., Krasnaya Volna, V.N. Gramma, 21.vi.1972 ; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kherson, J. Schreiber leg.; Poltava Prov .: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, D. Ogloblin leg., 15.v.1913 ; 12 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 15.vi.1926 ; 3 spec. (ZIN) idem, 18.vi.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 22.v.1927; 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, Th.Lukjanovitsh leg., 2.v.1927 .

Biology. Dry slopes, steppes, agricultural habitats. Adults occur in V–VII. On Boraginaceae: Nonea pulla (Penecke 1928; Amoldi et al. 1965; Smreczyński 1974; Kryzhanovskaya 1977; Lohse 1983n; Colonnelli 2004a); Symphytum asperum (occasionally?) (Kryzhanovskaya 1977).