Molorchus schmidti Ganglbauer, 1883 Fig. 4C

Material examined.

East Kazakhstan Region: Aynabulak [ Aынабyлa қ] ad Zaysan [ Зайсан] (47°33'N, 85°03'E), 508 m a.s.l., 7 V 2017 (25 V 2017, ex cult.) 2♂♂, 2♀♀, from Elaeagnus angustifolia, leg. RP; Almaty Region: 13 km W of Szonży [ Шонжы] (43°32'N, 79°17'E), 731 m a.s.l., 12 V 2017 (XI 2017, ex cult.) 1♀, from E. angustifolia, leg. KL.

Remarks.

This species is distributed from Eastern Europe to Central Asia (Sama 2002, Danilevsky 2018a). The larvae develop in various deciduous trees and shrubs, e.g. Salix, Elaeagnus, Cerasus, Populus, Malus, Prunus (Sama 2002). In Kazakhstan, it also develops in wood of plants such as Halimodendron, Hippophae and Rosa (Ishkov and Kadyrbekov 2004). The imagines are active from the second half of April to the end of June and can be found on their host plants (Sama 2002).

Several specimens were reared from the twigs of Elaeagnus angustifolia .