Agapanthiola leucaspis (Steven, 1817)

Material examined.

Almaty Region: 2 km E of Saryozek [ Сарыөзек], (44°22'N, 78°01'E), 875 m a.s.l., 2 VI 2017, 1♂, 1♀, leg. WTS; 1♀, leg. MW; East Kazakhstan Region: 15 km NW of Taskesken [ Таскескен] (47°18'N, 80°36'E), 15 VI 2017, 627 m a.s.l., 3♂♂, 2♀♀, leg. WTS; 1♂, 1♀, leg. LK; 1♂, leg. MW; Bykovo [ Быково] env. (49°39'N, 84°33'E), 571 m a.s.l., 21 VI 2017, 1♀, leg. WTS.

Remarks.

Agapanthiola leucaspis is a west-Palaearctic species that is distributed from Southern Europe through the southern regions of Eastern Europe and Russia, Turkey, Central Asia to Lake Baikal in Siberia, Mongolia and China (Sama 2002, Danilevsky 2018a). It is a polyphagous species whose larvae develop in various herbaceous plants, e.g. Melilotus officinalis, Campanula sibirica, Salvia stepposa and Erigeron sp. (Cherepanov 1991a).

Several specimens were collected in rather different habitats (e.g. roadside vegetation strip, mountain forest) using the sweep-netting method.