Mogulones albosignatus (Gyllenhal)

Ceutorhynchus albosignatus Gyllenhal, 1837

Records. CRI* ČER IFR KHE KHM KRO* KYI LUG LWI ODE* POL* TER VIN [Łomnicki 1884: 33; Łomnicki 1886: 225; Rybiński 1903b: 148; Penecke 1932: 353; Lazorko 1963: 84; Dieckmann 1972b: 105; Kryzhanovskaya 1975: 34; Korotyaev 1980: 220; Nazarenko & Moroz 2001: 40; Mazur 2002: 233; Nazarenko et al. 2003: 53; Colonnelli 2004a: 60; Colonnelli 2004b; Nazarenko 2012g: 53; Colonnelli 2013: 195].

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Levant (Colonnelli 2013).

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. (ZIN) Simferopol, A. Bazhenov leg., 16.iv.1899 ; 2 spec. (ZIN) idem, 29.iv.1899; 1 spec. (ZIN) Kerch Jacentkowski leg., v.1900; 1 spec. (ZIN) Turetsky Val, NW of Armyansk, D. R. Kasparyan leg., 29.v.1974 ; Kherson Prov.: 3 spec. (ZIN) Askania-Nova Nature Reserve, Medvedev leg., 3.v .; 3 spec. (ZIN) idem, 17.v .; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 27.v .; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 9.vi .; 4 spec. (ZIN) Aleshki, P. Egorov leg., 8.v.1927 ; 1 spec. (ZIN) Tsuryuoinsk, M. Sheigas leg., 6.v.1996 ; Khmelnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kamianets- Podilskyi, B. Jakubowski & I. Jakubowski leg., 26.iv.1908; Kropyvnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Kropyvnytskyi, K. Jacentkowski leg. Poltava Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 2.v.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 3.v.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 12.v.1926; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 2.v.1927; 1 spec. (ZIN) idem, 17.v.1927; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. (ZIN) Ananiev Distr., Chernovo, Tiligul River, D. Znoiko leg., 13–14.v.1921 .

Biology. Xerothermic grasslands, screes, ruderal habitats. Adults occur in IV–VI. On Boraginaceae: Buglossoides arvensis (Hoffmann 1954; Dieckmann 1972b; Smreczyński 1974; Kryzhanovskaya 1977; Lohse 1983n; Colonnelli 2004a); Lithospermum officinale, Symphytum asperum (occasionally?) (Kryzhanovskaya 1977).