Diplapion confluens (Kirby)

Apion confluens Kirby, 1808

Records. CRI* ČERIFR KHE KHM KYI LWI MYK* ODE RIV TER VIN VOL ZAK [Łomnicki 1884: 34; Łomnicki 1886: 230; Rybiński 1903b: 153; Penecke 1928: 379; Ter-Minasian 1933: 437; Khrolinsky 1965: 108; Solodovnikova 1965a: 9; 1966: 333; 1970: 80; Wanat 1995: 176; Kubisz et al. 1998: 264; Mazur 2002: 220; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Nazarenko 2009b: 499; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a: 156; Nazarenko 2012g: 50].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Levant, Iran, North Africa (Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Chernivtsi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Boyany, V. I. Gusarov leg., 1.vi.1988 ; Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) ‘ Tauria’; 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol env., Bazhenov leg., 1898 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Alma station, 29.v.1920 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kerch, Adzhimushkai, G.E. Davidian leg., 13.v.1990 ; Mykolaiv Prov.: 1 spec. (LGC) Vitovka Distr., Lupareve, Dnieper-Buh Lyman, A. Petrenko leg., 20.v.1978 .

Biology. Meadows, agricultural and ruderal habitats. Adults occur in V–X (Dieckmann 1977). On Asteraceae: Matricaria chamomilla, Tripleurospermum inodorum (Hoffmann 1958; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977); Anthemis arvensis (Dieckmann 1977; Wanat 1995); Cota tinctoria (Dieckmann 1977) .