Mogulones venedicus (Weise)

Ceutorhynchus venedicus Weise, 1879

Records. CRI* DON KHE KYI LUG POL* RIV SUM ZAP [Kryzhanovskaya 1975: 34; Korotyaev 1980: 218; Colonnelli 2004a: 62; Colonnelli 2004b; Nazarenko 2009b: 501; Nazarenko 2012d: 190; Nazarenko 2012g: 53; Colonnelli 2013: 197; Nazarenko 2013b: 25].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor (Colonnelli 2013).

Material examined. Crimea: 3 spec. (ZIN) Krasnolissya, Barrios leg., 20.v.1982; Donetsk Prov.: 2 spec. (ZIN) Sloviansk, salty lands, Arnoldi leg., 2.vi.1939; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Ivano-Rybalchanske, Zelinskaya leg., 11.v.1983; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Luhansk env., V. Talicky leg., 22.v.1927; Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava, Th.Lukjanovitsh leg., 2.vii.1927;.

Biology. Dry slopes, sands and ruderal habitats. Adults occur in V–VII. On Boraginaceae: Myosotis stricta (Dieckmann 1972b; Smreczyński 1974; Lohse 1983n); M. arvensis (Smreczyński 1974; Kryzhanovskaya 1977; Colonnelli 2004a); M. palustris (Smreczyński 1974); M. scorpioides, Echium vulgare (occasionally), Cynoglossum officinale (occasionally), Cirsium incanum (occasionally) (Colonnelli 2004a).