Platypteronyx auritus (Kirsch)

Ceutorhynchus auritus Kirsch, 1879

Records. MYK* ODE [Korotyaev 1982: 70].

Distribution. SE Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Middle Asia.

Material examined. Odesa Prov.: 1m (ZIN) Odesa, Khadzhibejski Lyman, 6.v.1926; Mykolaiv 1m (SIZK) Vitovka Distr., Lupareve, Dnieper-Buh Lyman, A. Petrenko leg., 20–21.v.1978 .

Biology. Xerothermic grasslands. Adults occur in V. On Ephedra distachya (Ephedraceae) .