Ensina sonchi (Linnaeus, 1767)

(Figs 44–47)

Material examined. Russia, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Cherek Distr., 3 km SE of Verkhnyaya Balkariya Vill., “bog 2” on slope of left bank of Kurnoyatsu River, 43.09834°N 43.47776°E, 1810 m, Sphagnum fuscum habitat, net-sweeping, 24.IX.2018, 1 female , same locality, yellow plates, 22–24.IX.2018, 1 male, “bog 1” on slope of left bank of Kurnoyatsu River, 43.10062°N 43.48418°E, 1776 m, Sphagnum magellanicum habitat, yellow plates, 22–24.IX.2018, 2 females, wet habitat on lake shore, yellow plates, 22–24.IX.2018, 1 male, “bog 3” on slope of left bank of Kurnoyatsu River, 43.09714°N 43.47950°E, 1836 m, Sphagnum floating shores of lake, yellow plates, 22–24.IX.2018, 1 male, coll. A.A. Przhiboro; Republic of NorthOssetia–Alania, Irafskiy Distr., West Digoria: upper (small) bog, 100 m E of Tana glade, 1 km W of Kubus Mt., 42.89350°N 43.57733°E, 2080 m, yellow plates, 12–14.IX.2018, 1 male, same locality, lower (large) bog, 42.89350°N 43.57733°E, 2077 m, yellow plates, 12–14.IX.2018, 1 male, coll. A. A. Przhiboro; Chefandzar mire in Urukh River valley, 42.91867°N 43.51493°E, 2289 m, net-sweeping, evening, 18.IX.2018, 1 female, coll. A.A. Przhiboro ; Vladikavkaz, Nizhniy Lars Vill., 1 male reared 19.VIII.2020 from capitula of Leontodon sp. collected on 7.VIII.2020, coll. D.A. Evstigneev.

Distribution. Throughout the Palaearctic (White, 1988; Merz, 1994).

Comments. This species develops in capitula of a wide range of Asteraceae (Richter, 1965; Kameneva & V. Korneyev, 1987; White, 1988; Merz, 1994). We reared E. sonchi from Leontodon, a typical host plant of this species. The diagnostic characters of this species are illustrated in Figs 44–47; they are in agreement with the previously known characters.