Sibinia (Sibinia) subelliptica (Desbrochers des Loges)

Sybines subellipticus Desbrochers, 1873

Records. ČNG* ČRK* DON* IFR KHR* KYI LUG* LWI POL* TER ZAP [Medvedev 1953a: 78; Mazur 2002: 239; Nazarenko 2006b: 165; Nazarenko & Petrenko 2008: 46; Nazarenko 2012d: 191; Nazarenko 2012g: 54; Caldara 2013a: 160].

Distribution. Palearctic (Caldara 2013a).

Material examined. Cherkasy Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Zolotonosha, Kizericki leg., 1906; Chernihiv Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Pyryatyn Distr., Antonivka, Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 16.v.1925 ; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Netrius River near Svyatohirsk, Arnoldi leg., 30.v.1939 ; 5 spec. (ZIN) Novoselivka, Siversky Donets River, Svyatohirsk

Monastery, Arnoldi leg., vii.1936; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 28.v.1937; 3 spec. (ZIN) idem, 23.vi.1937; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 27.vii.1937; 5 spec. (ZIN) Novoselivka, Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., 23.vi.1937; 4 spec. (ZIN) idem, 15–16.vi.1938; 2 spec. (ZIN) Svyatohirsk Monastery, Arnoldi leg., vii.1936; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 20.vi.1938; 1 spec. (ZIN) Yaseneve, Svyatohirsk, Arnoldi leg., 1.vi.1937; 1 spec. (ZIN) Yarova, meadows, Arnoldi leg., 2.vi.1937; 1 spec. (ZIN) Yampol, Arnoldi leg., 13.vi.1939; Kharkiv Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Savyntsi, on Dianthus, Arnoldi leg., 23.vi.1939; Luhansk Prov.: 5 spec. (ZIN) Lisichansk, Arnoldi leg., 19.vi.1937; 2 spec. (ZIN) Stanitsa Luhanska, Luhansk env ., Talicky leg., 23.vi.1929; 11 spec. (ZIN) idem, 7.vii.1929; 18 spec. (ZIN) Provallya, Luhansk env ., Talicky leg., 23.vi.1929; 6 spec. (ZIN) Stanychno-Luhanskyi Nature Reserve, G.E. Davidian leg., 10.viii.1989; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 14.vi.1922; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 2.viii.1925; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 27.vi.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 4.vii.1926 .

Biology. Pine forest edge, stony slopes, steppes. Adults occur in V–VIII. On Caryophyllaceae: Dianthus carthusianorum (Hoffmann 1954; Smreczyński 1972; Lohse 1983h; Dieckmann 1988); D. andrzejowskianus, D. borbasii (Isayev 2007) .