Smicronyx smreczynskii Solari

Smicronyx smreczynskii Solari, 1952

Records. CRI* DNI IFR KHM LUG* LWI TER VIN [Mazur 2002: 240; Sumarokov 2009: 180].

Distribution. Europe, Siberia (Caldara 2013a)

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (KUMN) 16 km S Bilohirsk, Krasnoselovka, S. Medvedev leg., 17.vi.1957 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) Crimean Nature Reserve, Bolshaja Poljana, S. Medvedev leg., 14.vii.1956 ; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (KUMN) 10 km NEE Stakhanov env. Slovyanoserbsk, floodland, Siversky Donets River, forest boundary, S. Medvedev leg., 10.vi.1952 ; 1 spec. (KUMN) ca. 12 km NE Luhansk, Stanychno-Luhanskyi Nature Reserve, pitfall traps, V. V. Martynov leg., 28.vi.1998 .

Biology. Forests, meadows, littoral zone. Adults occur in IV–X. On Cuscuta europea (Convolvulaceae) (Dieckmann 1986; Tempère & Péricart 1989; Mazur 2002)