Coelositona cambricus (Stephens, 1831)

Coelositona cambricus (Stephens, 1831) View in CoL

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Ukraine [first country record] - Lviv Province: Stryi Distr. , 2.4 km E Rozhirche, 49.11959N, 23.72084E, 28 May 2023, edge of forest, sweeping, V GoogleMaps . Khrapova leg., 1 ♂, KhDC; ibidem, 19 Jun 2024, hand picking, D. Khrapov leg., 2 ♀ 1 ♂, KhDC .

Coelositona cambricus is distributed from the British Isles ( Morris 1997) northeastward to Estonia ( Voolma et al. 2003), southeastward to Turkey and Georgia ( Lodos 1977; Cholokava 2008), and southward to Spain and Mo- rocco ( Velázquez de Castro 2009). Data regarding the Canary Islands are based on a specimen from the Lund Museum; however, Peter Stüben’s studies of the Canary Islands do not support this claim. The Albanian specimen in the collection of University of Wroclaw, collected in the early 20th century, also requires verification. The recent finding in Ukraine represents the northeasternmost location of C. cambricus in the Carpathians ( Fig. 3 B View Fig ).

We observed the beetles on the forest edge during the day on Lotus pedunculatus Cav. ( Fig. 4 I View Fig ), while no specimens were detected on L. corniculatus L. Three specimens were kept in breeding cages ( Fig. 4 H View Fig ) for two months, where they fed equally on the leaves and flowers of Lotus pedunculatus and Lotus corniculatus .