Zeugophora scutellaris Suffrian, 1840

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Zeugophora scutellaris Suffrian, 1840

Zeugophora scutellaris Suffrian 1840: 99 [type locality: “Aschersleben, Magdeburg”].

Zeugophora scutellaris : Heyden 1880-1881: 198 [Salair, Barnaul]; Medvedev, Shapiro 1965: 428 (European part of Russia); Guselnikov, Medvedev 1984: 18 [env. Srednyaya Shush']; Medevedev, Dubeshko 1992: 46 (Western Siberia, Altai, Sayany, Kazakhstan); Riley et al. 2003: 8 (North America); Lopatin, Nesterova 2005: 169 [Altai]; Lopatin 2010: 26 ( Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, mountainous Tajikistan); Dolgin, Bieńkowski 2011: 59 (northeast of European part of Russia); Sergeev, Sheshurak 2014: 20 [northern Ukraine]; Li, Liang 2018: 130 ( China: Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Shaanxi, Qinghai, Xinjiang).

Material. RUSSIA: 1 ex. ( ISEA), Altaisky Krai, Barnaul , 11. VI.1920, E. Rodd; 1 ex. ( ZIN), Tyva Republic, Dzun-Khemchiksky District, Chadan , 21. VI ; 1 ex. ( ZIN), Amur Oblast, Mikhailovsky District , 10-20.VII.1928 , V. Vereschagin ; 1 ex. ( ZIN), Khabarovsky Krai, 245 km N of Khabarovsk , 26. V.1911, V.K. Soldatov ; 1 ex. ( ZIN), Primorsky Krai, Yakovlevsky District, Yakovlevka , 23. V.1926, Filip’ev; KAZAKHSTAN: 1 ex. ( ZIN), West Kazakhstan Region, Bayterek District, Yanvartsevo, Ural River , 29. VI.1950, Shteiberg; KIRGISTAN: 1 ex. ( ZIN), Issyk-Kul Region, Ak-Terek, on Populus , 16- 22.VII.1961 , Ibragimova; 1 ex. ( ZIN), Batken Region, Alay Range, Isfayramsay River , 17.VII.1928 ; TAJIKISTAN: 1 ex. ( ZIN), Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Badakhshan, Vanj River , 5.VII.1965 , Zaslavskij; 1 ex. ( ZIN), Muk (near Kandou), Muksu River , 2000 m, on Populus , 11.VII.1954 ; 1 ex. ( ZIN), Obichingou River, Argochun , on Populus , 20.VII.1954 , I. Lopatin.

Distribution. Russia: European part, Western and South Eastern Siberia (Altai, Sayan Mountains) (fig. 16), Europe, Kazakhstan, China (Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Shaanxi, Qinghai, Xinjiang), North America.

Host plants. Populus acuminata Rydberg , P. alba L., P. deltoides Marshall , P. grandidentata Michaux , P. nigra L., P.tremula L., Salix sp. (Medevedev, Rogynskaya 1988; Rodríguez- Mirón, 2018).