Bruchela kaszabi (Strejček)

Urodon kaszabi Strejček, 1973

Urodon orientalis Strejček, 1982

Bruchela pigmaea auct. [MI] not Gyllenhal, 1833

Records. CRI* DON* KHE* KHR* LWI MYK* ODE* [Ter-Minasian 1965: 478; Cmoluch 1989: 19].

Distribution. Dry grasslands of central Palaearctic.

Material examined. Crimea: 3 spec. (KUMN) Kirovske, Kokova leg., 14.v.1961 ; 4 spec. (KUMN) Eupatoria, Uyutnoye, I. V. Maltsev leg., 30.v.1949 ; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 20 km NNE Novoazovsk, Samsonove env., Khomutovskyi Step Nature Reserve S.I. Medvedev leg., 25.v.1948 ; 13 spec. (KUMN) 7 km SWW Svyatohirsk, Bohorodichne env., S.I. Medvedev leg., 17.vi.1952 ; Kherson Prov.: 7 spec. (KUMN) NE Hola Prystan, Burkuty env., S.I. Medvedev leg., 21.v.1951 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, Ivano- Rybalchanski Division, S.I. Medvedev leg., 26.vi.1950 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Malaya Lepetikha S.I. Medvedev leg., 21.v.1951; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) right bank of Dniestr River, 25.vi.1953 ; Mykolaiv Prov.: 2 m (SIZK) Vitovka Distr., Lupareve, Dnieper-Buh Lyman, N46.696149, E31.974638, A. Petrenko leg., 20.v.1978 .

Biology. Steppes. Adults occur in V–VI. Oligophagous on Iberis pinnata, I. sempervirens (Brassicaceae) and Reseda spp. ( Resedaceae); larva in seeds.

Notes. Due to misidentification this species was recorded from Ukraine as B. pigmaea .