Caenolyda reticulata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Gubin, O. I. & Levchenko, I. S., 2019, The first record of Caenolyda reticulata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Pamphiliidae) from Donbass and Ukrainian steppe, Ukrainska Entomofaunistyka (Oxford, England) 10 (2), pp. 11-12 : 11

Caenolyda reticulata (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Fig. 1)

Material examined: Ukraine: Donetsk Reg ., Donetsk, Donetsk Botanical Gardens , 48.004114°N 37.525647°E, on Pinus sylvestris L., 16.05.2019, 1 $ ( O. I. Gubin & I. S. Levchenko) .

The range is disjunctive. Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, Germany, Latvia, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, European Russia ( Leningrad, Smolensk, Moscow, Vladimir, Kaluga, Tula, Ryazan and Ulyanovsk Regions), Ukraine ( Lviv, Zhytomyr, Kyiv and Chernihiv Regions) ( Nielsen, 1969; Tscharntke & Rühm, 1985; van Achterberg & van Aartsen, 1986; Ermolenko, 2001; Magis, 2005; Bakker & Bakker, 2007; Martínez de Murguía & Aguado, 2007; Ermolenko & Kotenko, 2009; Sheshurak, 2010; etc.). First record for the Donbass.

Monophagous. Larvae feed on needles of Scots pine Pinus sylvestris L., live by small groups in silk tubular nests. Monovoltine. Almost everywhere is very rare. Our record shows that artificial pine plantings contribute to the expansion of C. reticulata range and its conservation even in the urban areas of industrial regions.