Empria pumiloides Lindqvist, 1968 *

Material.

Burgas: 1♂, Burgas 8 km SE, 40 m, 42.432N, 27.527E, 10.04.2018. 1♂, Indzhe Voivoda 3 km NE, 250 m, 42.235N, 27.451E, 12.04.2018. The first specimen was swept from Filipendula vulgaris Moench.

Previously only recorded in northern and central Europe (Taeger et al. 2006). Filipendula ulmaria (L.) Maxim. was the only known host plant (Heidemaa and Prous 2006), but this was absent at both of the above Bulgarian localities, whereas F. vulgaris was rather abundant. Therefore, it seems likely that F. vulgaris is also a host.