Larinus (Larinus) vulpes (Olivier)

Lixus vulpes Olivier, 1807

Larinus maculosus Schoenherr, 1832

Records. CRI ČNG ČRK DNI DON KHE KHR KHM KRO KYI LUG LWI MYK* POL SUM* TER ZAP [Łomnicki 1884: 31; Kuntze 1923: 34; Lukjanovitch 1928: 250; Kuntze 1929: 57; Volovnik 1995: 314; Kubisz et al. 1998: 270; Barsov et al. 1998: 150; Mazur 2002: 231].

Distribution. Palaearctic (excluding north) (Ter-Minasian 1967; Gültekin & Fremuth 2013).

Material examined. 131 specimens (ZIN, SIZK, KUMN, ZMUN, ZMUM, IMC, YKC) from 13 provinces were studied including Mykolaiv Prov.: 1 spec. (photo observation, UkrBIN ID 49988) Mykolaiv City, N47.040056, E32.028750, observed by R. Stepoviy, 28.vi.2016; Sumy Prov.: 1 spec. (photo observation, UkrBIN ID 57388) Lebedyn Distr, Vorozhba, N50.704522, E34.674294, observed by N. Sutschak, 26.vii.2017.

Biology. Primary steppes, coastal and ruderal habitats. Adults occur in V–VIII. Oligophagous on Echinops spp. ( Asteraceae) (Volovnik 1996a; Skuhrovec et al., 2017).